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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. | KYLE GREEN/THE LUND REPORT

OHSU to test if rewarding safer drug use reduces fatal overdoses in Oregon

Researchers have won a $3.17 million federal grant to test the effectiveness of offering rewards for engaging in harm reduction programs.

Dec 23, 2022
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Osteopathic physician Kevin de Regnier of Winterset, Iowa, checks Chris Bourne, who came in for an adjustment of his anxiety medication on May 9, 2023. | TONY LEYS/KFF HEALTH NEWS

As fewer MDs practice rural primary care, a different type of doctor helps take up the slack

Osteopathic physicians, commonly known as DOs, are licensed to practice the full range of medicine

Jun 6, 2023

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Readers Respond To Series About Meth’s Impact On Oregon’s Behavioral Health System

In August, The Lund Report’s series about the state’s growing meth problem garnered a lot of attention.

Sep 8, 2022
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Oregon’s Gubernatorial Candidates On Health Care

From the state’s addiction crisis to a public option, here’s how top contenders would address health care issues if elected.

Apr 23, 2022
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Oregon lawmakers struggle to improve drug monitoring tool

The state’s prescription drug monitoring program has lagged behind other states

Mar 30, 2023

Patients sleep at the Hooper Detoxification Stabilization Center in Portland on March 14, 2023. At Hooper, doctors and nurses oversee the medical needs of patients as they go through alcohol and drug withdrawal — a critical first step toward recovery. | EMILY GREEN/THE LUND REPORT