having a small amount of fentanyl, methamphetamine, heroin or lsd now warrants a punishmenton a par witha speeding ticket. In the two years since the new law took effect, drug arrests are indeed down. However, overdose deaths in Oregon have risen sharply, far beyond the increase recorded nat...
The bigger consequence that came with decriminalization was the spike in overdoses around the State. In 2019, the year before Measure 100 passed, 280 people in The Beaver State died of a drug overdose. In 2022 that number mire than tripled with 956 deaths. By the end of June 2023, there...
March 21, 2023Admin Several states are advocating for harsher fentanyl penalties as overdose deaths surge in the U.S. Nevada, Oregon, Alabama, Texas, West Virginia and South Carolina have all pushed to increase the length of sentences for fentanyl dealers, according to the Associated Press. Fen...
For the third year, May 7 is National Fentanyl Awareness Day. Tom Hallman Woman on her way to work found 5-year boy police say was kidnapped in SE Portland She looked out a car window on her commute and noticed a boy in the back of a wagon that a woman was pulling. ...
While recent news coverage has focused onfentanyl flooding Portlandand leading toincreased overdose deaths, methamphetamine is the second leading cause of overdoses in the state and has ravaged Oregonians for much longer, Kerin said. In this case, Juan Manuel Berrelleza Levya, 23, haule...
The bigger consequence that came with decriminalization was the spike in overdoses around the State. In 2019, the year before Measure 100 passed, 280 people in The Beaver State died of a drug overdose. In 2022 that number mire than tripled with 956 deaths. By the end of June 2023, there...