Rewards For Staying In Drug Treatment Work, Now Oregon Is Poised To Pay For Them
Oregon’s Measure 110 dollars will expand use of a proven but rarely used treatment for meth addiction and other drugs.
Emily Green
‘People Are Dying’ While State Bureaucracy Holds Up Treatment Dollars, Say Measure 110 Proponents
Oregon Health Authority is needlessly slowing the distribution of $276 million in grants needed to address the state’s addiction crisis, say advocates and providers.
Most Oregon Hospitals Rank High In New LGBTQ+ Equality Index
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The Human Rights Campaign Foundation named 10 Oregon facilities “Equality Leaders” in its 2022 health care index, but four hospitals fell short.
Indigenous Language Interpreters Say They’ve Been Excluded From Equity-Based Push
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They say state officials’ have declined repeated requests to meet with them regarding health care interpreter certification requirements and new rules aimed at making the industry more equitable.
Five Ways To Support Ukrainian Hospitals and Health Care Workers
Russian bombs are overwhelming health care infrastructure in Ukraine. Medical supplies, donations and volunteers are needed.
Poison Center Issues Warning Over Deadly Counterfeit Pills
The Oregon Poison Center issued a warning about counterfeit pills containing fentanyl, saying they may be hard to distinguish from the prescription opioids they are made to resemble.
Oregon’s Lagging Substance Use Disorder Plan May Get Boost
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The House passed a bill to require state agency participation in the Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission’s statewide plan and designate a board for spending opioid settlement dollars.
Oregon To Use Medicaid Funds For Violence Intervention
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Lawmakers passed a bill that allocates $5 million to programs offering support to victims of gang violence and seeks Medicaid dollars for future funding.
Tasked With Spending Windfall, Measure 110 Council Struggles
The council implementing Oregon’s Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act needs help it’s not getting.
Few Obtain Treatment In First Year Of Oregon Drug-Decriminalization Grants
Fewer than 1% of those helped with Measure 110 dollars last year entered treatment, but many utilized harm reduction services, state data shows.
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