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As Oregon lawmakers consider the future of voter-approved Measure 110, Oregon Chief Justice Meagan Flynn wrote a letter to lawmakers raising concerns that one addiction proposal in the legislature would strain the justice system.

CHARLESTON, WV (WVNS) — The West Virginia Department of Human Services (DoHS), Bureau for Behavioral Health (BBH) and Bureau for Medical Services (BMS) has announced and addressed the successful results of substance use disorder (SUD) treatment programs. “Overcoming a substance use disorder is not as simple as resisting the temptation to take drugs. Like many […]

Last week, McDermott+Consulting launched an election 2024 resource page, where you can find a 2024 health policy outlook and other insights into the November election. While regulations...

There's no link at all between weed use and a person's use of illicit opioids, one way or the other, a new review concludes.

How Synanon became a blueprint for problematic “tough love” rehabs.

(BCN) — Historic changes to California’s conservatorship law, which will expand who can be placed in involuntary care and treatment in an attempt to address the state’s ongoing homelessness crisis, will have to wait in the Central Valley. The board of supervisors in San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties have opted to defer the new law, […]

In November 2023, the Commissioner of the Department of Health ("Commissioner") published two notices of revocation ("NOR") of temporary rule waiver/modifications pursuant to Executive Orders...

SEATTLE (AP) — Oregon and Washington authorities say they are making the war on fentanyl a top priority. The focus comes as the Pacific Northwest battles the fentanyl crisis in schools, jails and on city streets. The region is struggling with an increase in synthetic opioid overdose deaths and visible public drug use in Portland and Seattle. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee wants lawmakers to approve $64 million in additional funding to expand opioid use prevention and treatment programs. Oregon Gov...

This is the third time in eight years that county officials have sought funds for a new jail to alleviate “inhumane” conditions.

Measures to ensure access to mental health services heard by state lawmakers; take programs out of jails, prisons create more beds