Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB Portland Police Chief Robert Day unveiled the step-by-step process that police in Oregon’s largest city will follow as they attempt to get drug users access to treatment ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A Multnomah County deflection center that will serve as a touch point for drug users who wish to avoid jail time and instead opt for addiction treatment is set to open its ...

Earlier this year, Oregon lawmakers passed a bill to implement new criminal penalties for drug possession and end the state’s three-year experiment with drug decriminalization. The legislation also ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Dozens of people have agreed to deflection rather than going to jail for possessing small amounts of hard drugs in the first two months of Multnomah County’s new program. The ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — It's been one month since Oregon's new drug possession charge took affect and since most counties have been operating a deflection program. The state has devised a data ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — In the first two months since simple drug possession was recriminalized in Oregon, officials in Multnomah County say that 91 people were referred to deflection instead of being ...

Multnomah County’s new deflection center won’t provide sobering services when the facility opens next month, according to a draft plan sent to the County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday night. The ...