Ben Botkin, Oregon Capital Chronicle 
Oregon’s largest county plans to have a 24-hour sobering and crisis stabilization center to help people make their first steps toward recovery from drug addiction. Multnomah County officials on Thursday … Read more
Oregon is kicking off 2025 with new laws to stop drug use on public transportation, reduce the cost of prescription drugs and rein in the price of electronic device repairs. … Read more
But the program, intended to help people in drug addiction, allows them to successfully complete deflection and avoid court charges without necessarily accessing treatment . More than 90 people in Multnomah … Read more
The two candidates running for Oregon attorney sparred in their final debate Wednesday evening over abortion, gun violence and election safety, giving voters one last chance to weigh their differences … Read more
Oregon lawmakers are starting to wade into the work of monitoring whether the state’s new drug possession law will successfully help the state combat Oregon’s fentanyl addiction and overdose crisis. … Read more
Abbey Stamp is taking on a new role that will put her at the heart of Oregon’s fentanyl overdose crisis – and the next chapter of the state’s effort to … Read more