By Noelle Crombie, The Oregonian, June 11, 2013 In 2009, lawmakers crafted a way to help the estimated 29,000 people whose mental health histories disqualify them under federal law from buying firearms in Oregon: a formal mechanism to ask for their gun rights back. Four years later, with a two-year budget of $576,184 and a […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, June 11, 2013 The Portland Police Bureau Tuesday released a matrix showing how it is tracking the adoption of 80 reforms sought by federal justice officials after a scathing inquiry last year into police use of force against people with mental illness. READ – PPB’s 80-item matrix (PDF, 104KB) The […]
From The Oregonian, June 14, 2013 The number of people who are homeless has increased 5 percent over the past two years, “despite our community’s continued investment in strategies to end homelessness,” according to the 2013 point-in-time homeless count, released Friday (6/14/2013). The biennial count gives a snapshot of the city’s homeless population. Outreach workers […]
Alien Boy: The Life and Death of James Chasse, the feature-length film by Portland documentary filmmaker Brian Lindstrom, has signed with Circus Road Films of Los Angeles for representation. The film screened to a sold-out audience at the Portland International Film Festival in February, and was watched by thousands in several week run at three […]
From the Daily Astorian, June 10, 2013 Of all drug-related deaths in Oregon during the last 10 years, cocaine and methamphetamine deaths have gone down, with cocaine deaths decreasing by 43 percent. But there is one drug that continues to slowly climb. That drug is heroin, and of the four drug deaths in Clatsop County […]
From the Salem Statesman Journal, June 7, 2013 Roseburg-area author Diane L. Goeres-Gardner has figured out her niche: “I write about things no one has written about.” Hangings in Oregon history? Check. Women criminals? Check. And now, “Inside Oregon State Hospital: A History of Tragedy and Triumph.” Order online from Powell’s Bookstore. The 334-page book, […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, June 7, 2013 Federal prosecutors and city attorneys have reached an impasse with the Portland police union on reforms that should be made by the police bureau to address a scathing federal inquiry that found officers use excessive force against people with mental illness. “It’s certainly disappointing that we were […]
From the East Oregonian, June 8, 2013 Treating mental illness early could prevent anguish and heartbreak for millions — and save the government big money. That’s what mental health experts have been saying for years and now it seems federal and state officials are tuning in. President Obama included $235 million in his budget to […]
From the Oregonian, June 8, 2013 [Eds. Note – Surprise, surprise.] Federal prosecutors and city attorneys have reached an impasse with the Portland police union on reforms that should be made by the police bureau to address a scathing federal inquiry that found officers use excessive force against people with mental illness. “It’s certainly disappointing […]
By Jenny Westberg, Portland Mental Health Examiner, June 7, 2013 Could a case of strep throat turn your child from a normal, happy kid to a potential killer? It’s the stuff of parental nightmares, almost too bizarre to believe. But for Marianne Fox, whose 17-year-old son, Grant Acord, now stands accused of planning a murderous […]
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