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Measure 110 program manager resigns, says state was ‘maliciously negligent’

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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Crystal Johnson, 49, says the incentives she receives as part of her treatment programming are important to her recovery at Phoenix Wellness Center in Newport, Ore., on March 28, 2022. | EMILY GREEN/THE LUND REPORT

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.

May 24, 2022

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Few Obtain Treatment In First Year Of Oregon Drug-Decriminalization Grants

Fewer than 1% of those helped with Measure 110 dollars last year entered treatment, but many utilized harm reduction services, state data shows.

Feb 4, 2022

Origins Faith Community is a nonprofit day shelter in Ontario, Ore., that launched a peer program with Measure 110 funding. On Oct. 13, 2022, Anthony Caliendo, 52, walks through the dining room before the day’s lunch is served. | KYLE GREEN/THE LUND REPORT

Oregon’s Addiction Care Rollout Puts Peers In A Precarious Position

The number of people in recovery hired to connect people to treatment is increasing, but the broken system in which they work poses challenges and risks.

Dec 8, 2022

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Report: Oregon’s Addiction Services System Is Half The Size It Should Be

Researchers from the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health surveyed social service agencies and found gaps in services and workforce across the addiction treatment and recovery continuum.

Sep 30, 2022
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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. | EMILY GREEN/THE LUND REPORT

Opinion: Oregon lawmakers must include youth prevention in drug policy proposals

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

Jan 30, 2024

Clockwise from front left: Sophomores Madison Cailteux, Kaden Davis Young, Samuel Stanley, Jack Von Ammon and Pearl Carter participate in cooperative learning during science class at South Eugene High School on Dec. 11, 2023. | EMILY GREEN/THE LUND REPORT

Legislature earmarks funding for youth prevention, treatment

Bill to accompany Measure 110 rewrite boosts funding for fentanyl awareness, other programs

Mar 7, 2024
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