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  1. Multnomah County commissioners halt harm reduction pilot program

    After public outcry, Multnomah County Commissioners paused a new pilot program that would distribute safe smoking supplies, including foil and straws Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson abruptly paused a Multnomah County Health Department harm re ...

    19 Jul 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden

  2. Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde expand opioid treatment program to Portland

    Set to open to the public Feb. 21, Great Circle Recovery Clinic addresses ongoing opioid crisis The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde is bringing its whole-person opioid addiction treatment to Portland. Dozens attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the ...

    15 Feb 2023 - Melanie Henshaw

  3. SR editorial: Do not let federal threats foil safe injection sites

    Criminalization is not, and never has been, the answer to a health crisis This week, U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein penned an opinion piece in the New York Times in response to the momentum building around safe injection sites for intravenous ...

    31 Aug 2018 - SR editorial board

  4. Why Philadelphia plans nation's first safe IV drug consumption site

    ‘A facility like this could save them,' says Dr. Thomas Farley, the city's health commissioner In a nation under siege by a burgeoning opioid epidemic, Philadelphia is among the areas hardest hit. The crisis there is claiming lives at a higher r ...

    2 Feb 2018 - Emily Green

  5. Clackamas County tries corrective medicine for opiate-addicted offenders

    The Oregon county is piloting a program to give participants in jail and on probation drugs to stay clean and avoid painful withdrawal symptoms Justin Davenport, Jake Moses and Brandin Riehle are best friends, the closest friends each of them has had in t ...

    5 Jan 2018 - Amanda Waldroupe

  6. Safer Spaces Portland pushes for safe drug consumption site

    Two experts speak with Street Roots about the effort to create a space where people can safely use illicit drugs under the supervision of medical professionals A campaign to open a safe consumption space in Portland has officially launched, with members m ...

    17 Nov 2017 - Emily Green

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