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Last year, Oregon ended its three-year experiment with drug decriminalization known as Measure 110. This came when Oregon lawmakers passed House Bill 4002 to implement new criminal penalties for drug ...

MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Ore. — When the Oregon Legislature passed House Bill 4002, which will recriminalize drugs starting in September, lawmakers told counties to get ready for the change by creating ...

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.

PORTLAND, Ore. — It's been nearly a year since Multnomah County opened its deflection center in Portland's Central Eastside, its original role envisioned as a place for law enforcement to take people ...

Multnomah County commissioners were less than dazzled by the performance of the county’s drug deflection center during its first year of operation, which ended Aug. 31. At a briefing Thursday, ...

Pointing a finger at the other is a curious and persistent defense mechanism for the guilty. We try to teach our kids not to tattle, but also to be true to themselves. But sometimes the tattling is a ...