Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB Portland Police Chief Robert Day unveiled the step-by-step process that police in Oregon’s largest city will follow as they attempt to get drug users access to treatment ...

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 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – It’s been three days since Oregon’s new drug possession law went into effect, leaving the Portland community to wonder: “Is it working?” The new law, House Bill 4002, ...

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 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – When Oregon’s new drug possession law went into effect on Sunday, it left each county responsible for creating a treatment program that gives those caught with drugs the option ...

Law enforcement officers arrested four people in Multnomah County Sunday under Oregon’s new law that restored criminal penalties for possession of small amounts of drugs such as fentanyl, heroin and ...

Multnomah County’s new deflection center won’t provide sobering services when the facility opens next month, according to a draft plan sent to the County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday night. The ...

Multnomah County District Attorney Nathan Vasquez announced Tuesday that his office may pursue charges against people caught in possession of hard drugs who fail to complete the county's deflection ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The tightening of Multnomah County’s drug deflection program comes amid what District Attorney Nathan Vasquez describes as low participation — and an even lower level of ...

An annual report released last week showed that police dropped people off at the new Multnomah County deflection center just 606 times – less than two a day – during its entire first year of ...