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  1. Editorial | Oregon Media Collaborative covered ground for gubernatorial primaries

    Journalists throughout the state worked to bring you the answers in this issue In terms of covering elections, newspapers traditionally sift through expansive pools of candidates (particularly during primaries) and narrow the field to a small group of ‘se ...

    4 May 2022 - SR editorial board

  2. Kaia Sand | Providing housing, support services saves lives

    OPINION | Domicile Unknown report shows people on the streets die decades before their time For nearly a decade now, Street Roots has published the Domicile Unknown report with Multnomah County and the Multnomah County medical examiner. Named after the ca ...

    15 Dec 2021 - Kaia Sand

  3. Why Rep. Tawna Sanchez hasn’t shied away from controversial legislation

    The legislator from Portland talks to Street Roots about how she's addressing issues such as addiction and justice for Indigenous Oregonians On a warm spring Tuesday last week, Oregon Rep. Tawna Sanchez (D-Portland) presented a history lesson on Chri ...

    12 May 2021 - B. Toastie

  4. Unpacking the complex relationship of addiction, homelessness, housing and recovery

    Even if addiction isn’t what puts people on the streets, it’s often what keeps them there Fast, cheap and ubiquitous, heroin is engineered for the streets. That’s where Saphire Harris lived, homeless, with her brother and mother. Harris started using as a ...

    4 Nov 2020 - Joanne Zuhl

  5. Opinion | Housing advocates and frontline providers agree: Yes on Measure 110

    The ballot measure would reform Oregon's approach to drug addiction The overdose epidemic, housing crisis, COVID pandemic and policing disparities have many Oregonians eager to find something to be hopeful about. That’s why we’re excited to tell you ...

    30 Sep 2020 - Haven Wheelock and Steve Rudman

  6. Clackamas County Jail expands medication-assisted treatment for opioid withdrawals

    A $720,000 grant has allowed the county to build on its pilot project During the past year, about 1,600 people have been offered medications such as buprenorphine to assist with their opioid use disorder and withdrawal symptoms while they’ve been in the C ...

    2 Jun 2020 - Christen McCurdy

  7. Drug and alcohol recovery in a time of isolation

    As support groups across Oregon cancel and move online due to COVID-19 measures, an increase in relapses could compound demands on health care providers Amid coronavirus-prompted social distancing measures, in-person meetings that support the sobriety of ...

    19 Mar 2020 - Emily Green

  8. Addiction services get a big push toward the ballot

    Oregon Initiative Proposal 44 would create the Drug Addiction and Recovery Act. Here's what that means. Editor's note: This story was updated March 10 to reflect the more recent signature tally. Organizers behind the initiative to reduce the pun ...

    6 Mar 2020 - Street Roots

  9. Street Roots vendor is an addiction counselor in the making

    Nettie brings lived experience and a fresh point of view to her internship at Acadia NW Street Roots vendor Nettie Johnson is close to fulfilling a long-cherished dream. She is on track to graduate in April with a degree in addiction counseling from Portl ...

    3 Jan 2020 - Helen Hill

  10. The unsavory side of recovery people seldom talk about

    For some, sobriety is a tradeoff when recovery culture perpetuates body-image issues Loitering on the sidewalk outside the building’s entrance, a mismatched group of individuals chat away while smoking cigarettes. Once inside, they’ll be offered coffee an ...

    6 Sep 2019 - Emily Green

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