Hospitals Have Been Slow To Bring On Addiction Specialists
Discharging a patient without specialized addiction care can mean losing a crucial opportunity to intervene and treat someone at the hospital.
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Music Festivals Embrace Overdose Prevention, But Fentanyl Testing Remains Taboo
Sparking protest from harm reduction activists, concert promoters offer overdose reversing drugs, but not fentanyl testing.
The New MADD Movement: Parents Rise Up Against Drug Deaths
A movement of parents-turned-activists are challenging the doctrine that drugs should be treated as a health problem.
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.
Parents, Recovery Advocates Call For Immediate Oregon Action On Addiction Crisis
Oregonians rallied on Saturday calling for the Oregon Health Authority to step up its actions against substance use.
Recovery Groups Urge Gov. Brown To Act On Workforce Crisis
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Oregon agencies say they need more money to boost worker pay and stem employee turnover that is hurting the quality of care.
Special Report: State To Pour Millions Into Addiction Treatment Despite Little Proof It Works
A Salem Reporter investigation finds that Oregon is poised to spend millions more on top of the $200 million already spent on addiction treatment even though officials aren't sure what becomes of people once they leave treatment or whether the treatment works.
Pandemic Exacerbates Oregon’s Addiction Crisis: Overdose Deaths Rise 70%
“The realization that we will be dealing with COVID-19 for some time, and other stressors related to jobs, school and social isolation, may increase feelings of anxiety and depression,” an expert said.
OHSU Gets $2.3 Million Grant To Expand Addiction Fellowship Program
The federal award will help the university train more physicians in addiction medicine, an area that's sorely needed in Oregon.
Petition Seeks Treatment - Not Jail - For Drug Possession
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A petition that could go on the ballot in November would end jail time for misdemeanor drug possession and shift the state’s focus to recovery and treatment programs for people.
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