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The path legislators chose in the wake of Oregon’s failed experiment with legalizing possession of illegal drugs with Measure 110 was state deflection programs. They are county-led efforts, including ...

Redmond Police cited a person for possession of fentanyl. Instead of ending up in jail, the person graduated from inpatient drug treatment. Later, the individual moved into Oxford House, a place for ...

In response to low engagement in Multnomah County’s drug deflection program, District Attorney Nathan Vasquez has announced steep changes. Starting Jan. 5, people that fail to complete the county’s ...

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 ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ)-- It's still early days for House Bill 4002, which recriminalized drug possession in the state, as local governments and law enforcement learn from its first month in place. Recover ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — In the first two months since simple drug possession was recriminalized in Oregon, officials in Multnomah County say that 91 people were referred to deflection instead of being ...

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 ...