PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland metro transit agency TriMet threw its full-throated support Thursday behind an Oregon bill that would make drug use on public transit a high-level misdemeanor crime. Senate ...
This chapter begins with high-level observations and key takeaways and is followed by a discussion of the challenges associated with current program approaches and identified areas of opportunity. The ...
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, observation and reporting of open and visible drug use on transit vehicles and in stations has become increasingly commonplace in major cities ...