Oregon recriminalized drugs on Sept. 1, 2024, after the passage of House Bill 4002. Most counties set up deflection programs to refer people to treatment rather than incarceration. Data shows counties ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — It's been one month since Oregon's new drug possession charge took affect and since most counties have been operating a deflection program. The state has devised a data ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A sale of illegal drugs is made on the streets. In Oregon, 28 of the state's 36 counties are planning programs to reach people who ...

In Clatsop County, seagulls squawk and swoop through the sky as visitors and residents stroll along windswept beaches of the Pacific Ocean. Towering pine trees and craggy peaks dot the landscape. The ...

As the start date for Oregon's new law recriminalizing drug possession nears, more than a half dozen counties have not set up programs for people arrested with narcotics to avoid immediate jail time.

A Multnomah County commissioner is proposing a suite of changes to the county's drug deflection program, just days after the board received an unflattering report on the program's performance in its ...

During the past year, more than 1,300 people entered a deflection program. Roughly 48% didn’t complete it. The remainder either did or are currently enrolled. One year ago, Oregon’s law ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ken Sanchagrin, executive director for the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission, talks with lawmakers during an Addiction and ...

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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Oregon’s new law to recriminalize the possession of small amounts of illegal drugs will go into effect in less than a month, leaving counties across the state in a scramble to ...