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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – It’s been three days since Oregon’s new drug possession law went into effect, leaving the Portland ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – It’s official: Drug possession is once again illegal in Oregon. The state’s new drug law to recriminalize ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...