An effort by local governments to get lawmakers to reroute tens of millions of dollars currently paying for addiction services has service providers up in arms.
Feb 9, 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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Recovery Works Northwest has opened a medical withdrawal management facility in Portland that has 16 beds and will serve Multnomah and Clackamas counties
Angela Carter said Oregon Health Authority ignored repeated requests for staffing and resources and fostered secrecy and manipulation as the drug decriminalization law rolled out
Aug 11, 2023
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TERA HURST, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HEALTH JUSTICE RECOVERY ALLIANCE, AND STEVE ALLEN, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DIRECTOR AT OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY, AT A PRESS CONFERENCE ON MEASURE 110 SEPT. 20, 2022./THE LUND REPORT
With the first round of funding under the drug-decriminalization law out the door, they say Oregon will begin to see greater impacts.
Sep 20, 2022
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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) .
Lawmakers clashed in an Oregon Health Forum panel over how much ‘stick’ is needed to promote treatment and fix Measure 110
Feb 1
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Ken Rush teaches a group of peer support mentors inside Origins Faith Community, a nonprofit in eastern Oregon that received funding through Measure 110 to start a peer support program and expand its services.
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New dashboard shows how $36.6 million was spent under the drug decriminalization law
Jun 28, 2023
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Jon and Jennifer Epstein look at photos from their son, Cal's, memorial inside his bedroom on Jan. 24, 2023. Cal died from an accidental drug overdose in December 2020 after he unknowingly took a counterfeit pill laced with fentanyl.
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As state legislators debate changes to Measure 110, parent and youth advocate Jon Epstein urges them to consider upstream measures and youth treatment needs in their legislation