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MOMS, DADS AND RECOVERY ADVOCATES RALLIED IN FRONT OF THE OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY NORTHEAST PORTLAND BUILDING ON SATURDAY, APRIL 23./LYNNE TERRY/OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLE

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.

Apr 26, 2022

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Federal Government Gives $23 Million To Oregon To Fight Opioid Epidemic

The money will be used for treatment and prevention of opioid and methamphetamine use, recovery, social services support, including housing, and supplies of the medication naloxone to reverse overdoses.

Sep 29, 2022

A bedroom for a waitlist emergency housing program in Medford that serves pregnant women waiting for a slot to open in a residential addiction treatment facility. Oasis Center of the Rogue Valley, a nonprofit clinic, operates the housing program. | PHOTO COURTESY OF OASIS CENTER, OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLE

Oregon lawmaker wants to expand emergency housing program for people with addictions

Jan 16, 2025

Devin Hall, 25, and Alicia Jacobs, 38, outside their tent in Marion Square Park in Salem on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. | BEN BOTKIN/OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLE

Amid the pain of addiction, few pin their hopes on the government

Oregon politicians want to empower police to make arrests for drug possession again to encourage treatment, but people on the streets say recovery is a choice

Jan 30, 2024

MEMBERS OF THE PHILOMATH CITY COUNCIL VOTE TO REFER A TWO-YEAR MORATORIUM ON MEASURE 109 TO VOTERS./MIKE MCINALLY/OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLE

Many Oregonians Will Have To Vote Again On Psilocybin

Cities and counties are proposing bans and moratoriums, raising questions about the implementation of the statewide program, which was approved in 2020.

Aug 11, 2022

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Study: Nearly half of people using opioids in rural areas were recently incarcerated

Oregon Health & Science University author of national study says jails have an opportunity to treat drug addiction

Nov 11, 2023

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Multnomah County new drug addiction program starts small

Oregon’s largest county has launched a new program to reach people in drug addiction

Sep 19, 2024

Some of the drugs, guns and cash confiscated by law enforcement in Oregon and Western Washington in a single month, April 2023. Drugs, especially fentanyl, are coming into the state in unprecedented quantities. Photos provided from Vancouver Police Department, U.S. Department of Justice, Deschutes County Sheriff's Office and Oregon State Police. | KRISTYNA WENTZ-GRAFF/OPB

‘It’s crazy out there’: The reasons behind Oregon’s deepening drug crisis

Fueled by fentanyl, the number of overdose deaths in Oregon has soared since 2019. And while the surge in overdoses is part of a national problem, the state’s underfunded treatment system is struggling to provide local solutions.

May 30, 2023

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