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. — One way or another, changes are coming for Multnomah County's drug deflection program — though the details may depend on how much the county's district attorney and commissioners can ...

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 ...

Oregon voters passed Measure 110 in 2020. The goal was to decriminalize small amounts of street drugs and move users into treatment. That goal was ultimately not realized, and in 2024, the legislature ...

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 ...

Come January, people arrested for drug possession in Multnomah County will no longer be allowed to avoid criminal charges if they do not engage with treatment providers. According to year-end data for ...

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 ...

Multnomah County’s multimillion-dollar effort to direct people caught with small amounts of drugs toward treatment served a total of eight people in the five days since it launched, county leaders ...

Oregon will soon end its nearly four-year experiment with drug decriminalization. Beginning Sept. 1, possession of small amounts of drugs will again be a misdemeanor crime. A key part of the change is ...