A coalition has filed ballot initiatives to prohibit hard drug use in public places and has $700,000 lined up from donors, including Phil Knight.
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Oregon advocates call for state to follow ‘roadmap’ to address addiction crisis
Oregon Recovers, a Portland-based nonprofit, urged state leaders to change – but not eliminate – Measure 110, which decriminalized low-level drug possession.
As Oregon faces a mental health crisis, state leaders ask for patience as they tackle problems
Gov. Tina Kotek, who signed six bills on behavioral health that were passed by the Legislature, says more work needs to be done.
Oregon’s addiction care rollout plan puts peers in a precarious position
Without adequate funding for detox facilities for withdrawal management, residential treatment and recovery housing, people inside Oregon’s addiction treatment system say the state’s burgeoning peer workforce amounts to a pipeline that often leads nowhere.
After slow Measure 110 rollout, Salem providers get millions to expand addiction treatment
“We have never seen this kind of funding pour into addictions treatment and support,” said Teri Morgan, the addictions treatment services program manager for Marion County.
Experts tell state lawmakers Oregon’s novel approach to drug addiction has holes
Measure 110 removed law enforcement largely from the picture at the same time that the drug crisis is worsening, they said.
Survey: Oregonians still support Measure 110 despite flawed rollout
Two candidates for governor support repealing the law, which decriminalized possession of small amounts of hard drugs.
