Tag: treatment
Portland Sobering Center Delayed, But How Much Would It Help?
A planned sobering center in Portland, Oregon is mired in controversy. Its opening has ...
Urgent Needs Remain in Portland, OR, After 90-Day “Fentanyl Emergency”
State and city officials have declared the end of a 90-day “fentanyl emergency” in ...
NY County Sued for Illegally Denying Person OUD Meds in Jail
A lawsuit accuses a New York county jail of repeatedly denying a man held ...
Spokane Eyes Involuntary Treatment for Anyone Revived With Naloxone
The City Council of Spokane, Washington, has proposed that being administered naloxone should be ...
A Prison Drug Recovery Unit Provides Refuge, If You’re Abstinent
At South Central Correctional Facility (SCCF), a Tennessee prison privately operated by CoreCivic, those ...
San Francisco Votes on Prop F, to Drug-Test People on Public Benefits
San Francisco voters head to the polls on March 5 to weigh in on ...
Oregon Lawmakers Recriminalize Drugs, Under the Guise of Treatment
On March 1, Oregon legislators approved a bill to recriminalize drug possession, undoing the ...
California’s Prop 1 Would Expand Forced Treatment, Advocates Warn
On March 5, California voters will decide on Proposition 1. The ballot measure, backed ...
White House Issues Very Soft Call for Prisoner Access to OUD Meds
The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) released its first press ...
Oregon Democrats Unveil Bill to Roll Back Drug Decriminalization
A bill in Oregon, backed by Democratic lawmakers, would overturn critical aspects of Measure ...
