A judge upholds a ruling that limits the length of psychiatric treatment for patients awaiting criminal prosecution.
Jan 10, 2023
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Ebony Clarke, health director for Multnomah County, is moving to the state of Oregon to head its behavioral health division.
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Hospitals had blamed harm to psychiatric patients on state inaction, but new court filings fault hospitals themselves.
Dec 29, 2022
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Peer support specialists working for Malheur County offered Narcan, an overdose-reversing drug, to people stopping by a day shelter in Ontario on Oct. 13, 2022.
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Draft bill circulated by outgoing Rep. Rachel Prusak seeks to stabilize the board’s spotty membership and better oversee the state's psychiatric hospital.
Dec 13, 2022
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Oregon State Hospital in Salem.
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How meth is sabotaging Oregon's behavioral health system
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Read our two-part series about how — despite a windfall of new funding — the state has no plan to address the 'new meth' that is overwhelming behavioral health providers and inflaming ongoing crises across the state.
State inaction left Oregon teens vulnerable to fentanyl’s fatal spread
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A student at Harmony Academy, a high school for teens in recovery, told The Lund Report he didn't realize he was smoking fentanyl until his parent had him tested. He thought the pills he was buying were oxycodone.
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A lack of prevention, education and youth addiction programs opened the door to tragedy as dealers added the potent opioid to local drug markets