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 ...

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,” ...

State officials have reversed course and voted to fully fund a Clackamas County initiative meant to offer people drug treatment, outside the criminal justice system. Less than two weeks ago, the same ...

District Attorney Nathan Vasquez announced Tuesday that his office will pursue charges against people caught with drugs who ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – When Oregon’s new drug possession law went into effect on Sunday, it left each county responsible for creating a treatment program that gives those caught with drugs the option ...

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 ...

The COVID-19 pandemic caused governors to use executive branch public health powers to an unprecedented degree. A combination of public weariness with the pandemic, frustration with executive actions ...

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

Multnomah County's drug deflection program has been struggling, but deflection programs in the Eugene area have seen relative ...