Think Out Loud

Homeless Encampments | Drug Harm Reduction

By Sage Van Wing (OPB)

Feb. 9, 2016 3:59 p.m.

Portland Peoples Outreach Project is handing out meth pipes to drug users. — Portland Peoples Outreach Project is handing out meth pipes to drug users.
Torbak Hopper/Flickr

We talk to Portland Mayor Charlie Hales about how the city plans to approach the increasing number of homeless encampments.

We also speak with Shilo Murphy, the Executive Director of the People's Harm Reduction Alliance (PHRA), whose mission is to provide drug users with clean paraphernalia — most recently meth pipes.