State can’t show progress five years after massive drug treatment expansion, audit finds

This article was republished with permission from The Lund Report, an independent nonprofit health news organization based in Oregon.

Five years after voters approved new funding to expand access to drug treatment and recovery services, state health officials have not put systems in place to effectively track whether the law is achieving its goals despite having already spent close to $800 million,  auditors say.

Instead, questionable oversight by the Oregon Health Authority, multiple revisions to…