Drugs

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield said he would accept a $66 million payout as the state’s share of a $7.4 billion settlement with the Sackler family and Purdue Pharma.

The 17-person team of statisticians and scientists at the National Survey on Drug Use and Health are all out of jobs. Researchers around the country use the data to understand behavioral health.

The action is intended to build upon the existing program for Medicare drug price negotiations, which was created by the Inflation Reduction Act that passed during the Biden administration.

The Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission is also proposing permanently canceling its license, a process that could take weeks.

Informants accused the store owner of selling drugs by EBT card, stashing drugs for other dealers and fencing stolen goods, records show.

Less than one-fifth of eligible cases have been vacated thus far

Multnomah County has picked a location for its permanent sobering center in inner Southeast Portland.

As reported in the New York Times, some palliative care patients are seeking psychedelics. We'll hear from a reporter to learn more.

We’ll look back on the year’s biggest news stories from the Pacific Northwest with a panel of local commentators.

The hope is to give law enforcement a tool to help them identify new versions of the drugs as they hit the black market.