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Bay Area Hospital in Coos Bay.
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COURTESY BAY AREA HOSPITAL.
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State Sen. Lisa Reynolds, D-Washington County, testifies during House Judiciary Committee hearing in April 2025.
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Washington County’s Hawthorn Walk-In Center for mental health and addictions care in Hillsboro./Washington County
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The Oregon Capitol in Salem, Ore. on March 21, 2023.
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A room inside the Recovery Works NW's new withdrawal management facility on Southeast Foster Road in Portland, Ore. Most rooms are limited to two beds.
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Dr. Win Kyin worked in primary care in Myanmar before fleeing the country, but she ran into roadblocks when she tried to get licensed to practice medicine in the U.S. Kyin pictured here on March 3 at the IRCO Pacific Islander and Asian Family Center.
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Oregon was one of eight states and the District of Columbia, which saw fatal drug overdoses rise as the they fell in the rest of the country, according to federal data released in August 2024.
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At a Jan. 31, 2024 virtual discussion of the Oregon Health Forum, Rep. Rob Nosse (right) joined Rep. Ed Diehl (bottom) and several other lawmakers to talk about the upcoming legislative session with moderator and journalist Emily Harris (left) .