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Kaia Sand | Canadian overdose prevention sites ‘keep people alive’

Director’s Desk | Kaia Sand launches ‘Better not Backward’ column series exploring next steps two years into Measure 110 with a visit to the Overdose Prevention Society Our conversation began in the dark. Trey Helten had warned me before I walked the mile ...

15 Nov 2023 - Kaia Sand
Kaia Sand | A successful treatment infrastructure for Oregonians is possible — patience is required

Opinion | Despite the fear and backlash, let’s fight for the lives of people using drugs Overdose prevention centers reduce “overdose and unwanted public use” while connecting people “with addiction services and social supports including voluntary treatme ...

25 Oct 2023 - Kaia Sand
Kaia Sand | Harm reduction is a lifesaver

Opinion | Deaths due to fentanyl use are rising. We can, and should, use harm reduction techniques to mitigate risks. Vendor program director DeVon Pouncey and I walked through Old Town nearly every week for the past six years, but these walks changed the ...

19 Jul 2023 - Kaia Sand
SR editorial: Canada’s policy on heroin another lesson for U.S.

War on drugs has failed to protect Americans' health, welfare; it's time to ditch the taboo It’s been nearly 100 years since the U.S. sent heroin underground, banning the sale of what was, at the time, a marginalized opiate. In the time since, h ...

15 Sep 2016 - SR editorial board
It’s time we fundamentally change how we view policing

COMMENTARY | How can we eliminate presumption that law enforcement involves application of superior force? A wise friend of mine once gave me advice on coping with a paralyzing sense of helplessness. Gordon said, “Find a starting point that seems right to ...

21 Jul 2016 - Andy Ko
Multnomah County installs needle disposal bins

The Health Streets pilot program includes outreach to injection drug users Responding to what it called a significant increase in heroin and other injection drug use, the Multnomah County Health Department has installed two large sharps containers along P ...

4 Feb 2016 - Street Roots Staff
Meth pipe project comes to Portland

Volunteers say distributing meth pipes should cut down on injection and disease transmission In the back room of an anarchist bookstore in North Portland, past a rack of zines and chalkboard list of upcoming punk shows, volunteers with the Portland People ...

14 Jan 2016 - Emily Green
Commentary: Seattle took the LEAD; Oregon should follow

A Utah-based harm reduction advocate once said to me, “I love cops.” That surprised me — just a little bit. If you aren’t familiar with the “harm reduction” movement and its philosophy, think of syringe exchange programs and safer-sex education. Basicall ...

20 Jul 2015 - Andy Ko
Second chances: 25 years of Outside In’s needle exchange program

Bridget didn’t want to buy syringes at the pharmacy. It was too humiliating an ordeal for the champion gymnast turned heroin addict to go through. Not too long ago she was doing well in high school, never dreaming she would be a junkie within a few years’ ...

29 Dec 2014 - Emily Green
Walking beat a positive impact on the streets

In a time when many urban environments are becoming more draconian in their approach to banning people experiencing homelessness from public spaces, Portland may be on the verge of bucking that trend. This summer, the Portland Police Bureau put 10 police ...

4 Dec 2014 - Israel Bayer