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This seizure on April 21, 2023 of 100,000 fentanyl pills, 3 kilograms of heroin and 1 kilogram of fentanyl in the La Grande area typifies street drugs in Oregon.
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OREGON STATE POLICE
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A view of the Oregon State Hospital spire from the courtyard on Nov. 21, 2023.
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JAKE THOMAS
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Oregon State Hospital in Salem, Oregon, on Nov. 21, 2023.
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A view of the Oregon State Hospital in Salem on Nov. 21, 2023.
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JAKE THOMAS
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A view of the Oregon State Hospital spire from the courtyard on Nov. 21, 2023.
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JAKE THOMAS
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Oregon State Capitol in Salem.
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The proposed site of Heritage Square, which would have included supportive housing, in downtown Astoria. The city council voted down the project over its cost and concerns from a vocal group of critics.
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CITY OF ASTORIA
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State Rep. Ed Diehl, R-Scio, shown at the Oregon State of Reform Health Policy Conference on Nov. 14, 2023 in Portland. Diehl is sponsoring a bill to overhaul the state’s health care professional licensing process. (Left) State. Rep. Rob Nosse, D-Portland, and (right) Rep. Thuy Tran, D-Portland.
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JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT
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