PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — It’s been one year since Multnomah County launched an $8 million program meant to give people caught with drugs a choice: a jail cell or support. Around that same time, Oregon ...
As of September 1, 2024, there are 17 states with clear deflection pathways articulated in state law, steering people with substance use and/or mental health disorders away from incarceration, ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Several years ago, I went to the Saddle Ranch on Sunset Boulevard and decided it would be a great idea to ride the mechanical bull. Winston Source: Image by Nancy Wong on Wikimedia Commons Once I ...