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Local governments are trying to get lawmakers to reroute tens of millions of dollars currently paying for addiction services back to them. That has service providers up in arms.

Addiction service providers who’ve seen their funding swell under the state’s pioneering drug decriminalization law are rushing this year to fend off a proposal that would siphon tens of millions

Oregon lawmakers may cut marijuana tax revenue to a new program that fights the state's drug addiction crisis.

SALEM — Addiction service providers who’ve seen their funding swell under the state’s pioneering drug decriminalization law are rushing this year to fend off a proposal that would siphon tens

Local governments are trying to get lawmakers to reroute tens of millions of dollars currently paying for addiction services back to them. That has service providers up in arms.

SALEM — Addiction service providers who’ve seen their funding swell under the state’s pioneering drug decriminalization law are rushing this year to fend off a proposal that would siphon tens

Ten organizations in Lane County have received funding through Oregons voter-approved Measure 110 for peer support mentoring.

SALEM — Oregon lawmakers will consider legislation this session aimed at preventing opioid overdoses that kill hundreds of Oregonians each year and account for a growing part of the state’s

The Gresham-based nonprofit matches people coming out of the criminal justice system with mentors who know what they’re going through.

Measure 110 decriminalized recreational possession and funded addiction recovery specialists, who just recently got funding to expand. Advocates says it's too soon to call the effort a success or failure.