Drugs

The Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission is also proposing permanently canceling its license, a process that could take weeks.

Informants accused the store owner of selling drugs by EBT card, stashing drugs for other dealers and fencing stolen goods, records show.

Less than one-fifth of eligible cases have been vacated thus far

Multnomah County has picked a location for its permanent sobering center in inner Southeast Portland.

As reported in the New York Times, some palliative care patients are seeking psychedelics. We'll hear from a reporter to learn more.

We’ll look back on the year’s biggest news stories from the Pacific Northwest with a panel of local commentators.

The hope is to give law enforcement a tool to help them identify new versions of the drugs as they hit the black market.

Earlier this year, Oregon lawmakers passed a bill to implement new criminal penalties for drug possession and end the state’s three-year experiment with drug decriminalization. The legislation also allows law enforcement in counties that have opted into the program to deflect drug users away from the criminal justice system and into treatment as a way to avoid charges. In Multnomah County, 127 deflections have been initiated since the program started in September. Portland Police Commander Brian Hughes and Heather Mirasol, Director of the Behavioral Health Division for Multnomah County, join us to talk about what the deflection program looks like so far.

New data from the Oregon Health Authority show 1,833 people died from overdose deaths in 2023, an increase of 450 people from the previous year.

Oregon law allows psilocybin therapy in licensed service centers. But what if you’re too sick to go to one?