Drug Prevention: Oregon Partnership – Meth Prevention

Published October 9, 2013

Drug Prevention: Oregon Partnership – Meth Prevention – The Methamphetamine Awareness Project (MAP) is an innovative drug prevention project to reduce, delay, and prevent teen methamphetamine use in targeted commu…

Helping Hands shelter could close Nov. 1

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"I've known Alan and Michael since they started this thing," Howe said of Helping Hands, which was originally named Thugs Off Drugs when it started 11 years ago. "I helped and donated where I could. … Homelessness is an especially pressing problem …
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The price of addiction: Portland docs prescribing opioids more cautiously (Series)

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… sense of urgency can be felt at the state and local levels as well. “One thing we're hoping to decrease is the high rate of overdoses,” said Melissa Weimer, assistant professor of medicine at Oregon Health & Science University and medical director …
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