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Knudson and Hurst: Measure 110 started strong, but Oregon still has an addiction crisis, Local Opinion, Portland local Opinion, Breaking Opinion alerts for Portland city.
Knudson and Hurst: Measure 110 started strong, but Oregon still has an addiction crisis, Local Opinion, Portland local Opinion, Breaking Opinion alerts for Portland city.
How do you open a brick-and-mortar restaurant in the middle of a pandemicâand thrive? One answer: Break the paradigm and go co-op, Ã la Mirisata, Portlandâs only Sri Lankan restaurant, which is also vegan and entirely BIPOC- and worker-owned. The SE Belmont spotâs prospective owners prove themselves not with a fat wad of start-up cash, but via a few months of a trial working period. During the height of the pandemic, Mirisata went from pop-up to brick-and-mortar restaurant using small loans from customers and friends. Another innovation: a buy-in membership program for $40...
Organizations included community-based nonprofits and government entities. “We are very impressed with the quality of the proposals that were submitted by organizations who will provide these urgently needed, culturally responsive substance use services,” OHA Behavioral Health director Steve Allen said in a news release. “The need is great and I’m looking forward to the work the OAC is doing to develop the next grant opportunity to ensure these services are expanded to meet the needs of Oregonians struggling with addictions.” Three of the organizations selected work with the Marion...
Now, if you’re caught with one or two grams of what some refer to as “hard drugs”, you won’t be charged. Instead, you’ll either pay a maximum $100 dollar fine, or complete a health assessment within 45 days at an addiction recovery center. This new system for services will be funded through the state’s marijuana tax. But the measure is still controversial, and members of Oregon’s addiction and recovery community are split on if it’s a good idea. So how did we get here? How Did This Pass In Oregon? Oregon has a long history of progressive health-related measures, says reporter ...