Opioids

Oregon Health & Science University author of national study says jails have an opportunity to treat drug addiction.

With a little bit of preparation, anybody can save a life. That’s the message of addiction medicine nurses from Oregon Health & Science University, who are encouraging people to carry a drug that can reverse an overdose.

Oregon’s Measure 110 passed in 2020 and aimed to address drug addiction through increased treatment and recovery efforts. Jackson County commissioners say it hasn’t worked.

New research calls into question prescribing the drugs even for short-term pain relief – especially given the risk of addiction.

The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in New York cleared the way for a controversial bankruptcy deal that grants immunity from opioid lawsuits to members of the Sackler family.

Three people died from apparent overdoses last Friday, and officers responded to eight other overdose calls in the downtown Portland area that day.

The opioid epidemic continued to surge in 2022, killing record numbers of Americans, but help may be on the way in the form of more aid to communities and major reforms in opioid addiction treatment.

It would become the first major pharmacy chain to settle cases over the handling of prescriptions for the powerful and addictive painkillers that are linked to an overdose epidemic.

Harney County's Symmetry Care Inc. is using Measure 110 money to start cafe staffed by people recovering from addiction.

After 17 overdoses — including four deaths — this spring, Indigenous leaders in Montana and surrounding states look for ways to stop the fentanyl crisis and provide more treatment and care.