Police officers and other first responders sometimes lack good options when they encounter people with substance abuse problems or mental health disorders. This month, the White House introduced a ...

Although the pilot is starting small, county officials hope the center can be expanded on site and replicated across the ...

In the first year of the program just 520 people visited the facility, a new Multnomah County report showed. PORTLAND, Ore. — ...

The Uniform Law Commission, which writes model laws proposing more clarity in key areas of state law, recently adopted the Uniform Alcohol Direct-Shipping Compliance Act (Model Law), receiving quite a ...

Earlier this year, Oregon lawmakers passed a bill to implement new criminal penalties for drug possession and end the state’s three-year experiment with drug decriminalization. The legislation also ...

A state grant-making committee voted Thursday against fully funding Clackamas County’s drug deflection program, saying that the program did not meet its standards. “It’s completely unexpected,” ...

Multnomah County commissioners were less than dazzled by the performance of the county’s drug deflection center during its first year of operation, which ended Aug. 31.

Twenty of the 23 Oregon counties who committed to being early adopters of the state's new deflection program to assist individuals with substance use disorders and provide an “off-ramp” to avoid ...

Model Law: The New York Fashion Workers Act A discussion of The New York State Fashion Workers Act (Senate Bill S.2477D/ Assembly Bill A.5631D), a proposed pro-labor bill that will regulate model ...