Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB Portland Police Chief Robert Day unveiled the step-by-step process that police in Oregon’s largest city will follow as they attempt to get drug users access to treatment ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – It’s been three days since Oregon’s new drug possession law went into effect, leaving the Portland ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A Multnomah County deflection center that will serve as a touch point for drug users who wish to avoid jail time and instead opt for addiction treatment is set to open its ...

Earlier this year, Oregon lawmakers passed a bill to implement new criminal penalties for drug possession and end the state’s three-year experiment with drug decriminalization. The legislation also ...

Law enforcement officers arrested four people in Multnomah County Sunday under Oregon’s new law that restored criminal penalties for possession of small amounts of drugs such as fentanyl, heroin and ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Dozens of people have agreed to deflection rather than going to jail for possessing small amounts of hard drugs in the first two months of Multnomah County’s new program. The ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Multnomah County District Attorney Nathan Vasquez announced Tuesday that his office may pursue charges against people caught in possession of hard drugs who fail to complete the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The tightening of Multnomah County’s drug deflection program comes amid what District Attorney Nathan Vasquez describes as low participation — and an even lower level of ...