Harm reduction, anyone? For the past two years Street Roots has covered what some are calling an opiate/heroin epidemic in the region. SR is in no place to determine if the region is dealing with what we can call an epidemic — but it’s not pretty. Last we ...
26 May 2010 - Street Roots
Opiate overdoses spike to alarming levels By Amanda Waldroupe, Staff Writer Oregon’s Medical Examiner office released its annual report of drug overdoses deaths in early April, showing that 127 people died from heroin overdoses in 2009, 63 of which were i ...
26 May 2010 - Street Roots
Multnomah County Health Department warns of fatal heroin overdoses From the County Health Department. A handful of overdose deaths in the last few weeks, along with a steady rise in heroin-related deaths over the past year, have raised concerns among coun ...
18 Jul 2008 - Street Roots