OREGON

Aaron in National News
June 11, 2021

Hard Drugs Decriminalized in Oregon

Oregon’s Measure 110 has passed and decriminalized all drugs including heavier narcotics such as methamphetamines and heroin. How will this affect Oregon’s public health?

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Joe Kertis in National News
May 26, 2018

Oregon Makes National Headlines for Opioid Addiction

Another state has achieved “epidemic” status. For Oregon residents, it’s not “news” that there’s a major problem. But to join the ranks of states like Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia is a feat no one hoped for. What’s different here is that Oregon’s drastic rise in overdose deaths is not being attributed to heroin, so much as prescription opioids like Oxycodone or Methadone.

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