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What Happened to Brian Babb

April 30, 2015
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Brian Babb DA receives report on fatal police shooting Gardner will now review the investigation and say whether the use of force was justified The Register-Guard, April 14, 2015 A detective said Monday that an interagency team has submitted to the Lane County District Attorney’s Office the report on its investigation of a March 30 […]

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Posted in <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/category/police-shootings/" rel="category tag">Police violence</a> Tagged <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/alex-gardner/" rel="tag">Alex Gardner</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/brian-babb/" rel="tag">Brian Babb</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/eugene-police-department/" rel="tag">Eugene Police Department</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/lane-county-district-attorneys-office/" rel="tag">Lane County District Attorney’s Office</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/officer-involved-shootings/" rel="tag">officer-involved shootings</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/pete-kerns/" rel="tag">Pete Kerns</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/ptsd/" rel="tag">PTSD</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/veterans/" rel="tag">Veterans</a> Leave a comment

Springfield community in NIMBY-fueled dither over former state hospital inmates living nearby

April 29, 2015
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The Register-Guard, April 21, 2015 Last month, Kim Gutierrez, a mother of three girls, moved out of a home she has rented for several years in a neighborhood she loved. “I no longer feel safe here,” Gutierrez said. “I hate to leave here, but that is it.” The source of her anxiety: the large single-family […]

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Posted in <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/category/housing/" rel="category tag">Housing</a> Tagged <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/columbia%c2%adcare/" rel="tag">Columbia­Care</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/guilty-except-for-insanity-plea/" rel="tag">guilty except for insanity plea</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/lane-county/" rel="tag">Lane County</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/olmstead-decision/" rel="tag">Olmstead Decision</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/oregon-state-hospital/" rel="tag">Oregon State Hospital</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/psychiatric-security-review-board/" rel="tag">Psychiatric Security Review Board</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/residential-treatment/" rel="tag">residential treatment</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/stigma/" rel="tag">stigma</a> Leave a comment

CCO launches treatment program for expectant moms with addictions

April 29, 2015
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Portland Business Journal, April 29, 2015 Women addicted to heroin or who have other substance abuse problems are often very reluctant to seek out prenatal care when they get pregnant. Portland-based Health Share of Oregon is trying to overcome that attitude by creating a safe environment. The largest Coordinated Care Organization, Health Share used part […]

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Posted in <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/category/addiction/" rel="category tag">Addiction</a> Tagged <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/addiction/" rel="tag">addiction</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/health-share-of-oregon/" rel="tag">Health Share of Oregon</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/helen-bellanca/" rel="tag">Helen Bellanca</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/legacy-midwifery-clinic/" rel="tag">Legacy Midwifery Clinic</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/lifeworks-nw/" rel="tag">LifeWorks NW</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/portland-recovery-center/" rel="tag">Portland Recovery Center</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/pregnancy/" rel="tag">pregnancy</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/project-nurture/" rel="tag">Project Nurture</a> Leave a comment

Inmates with severe mental illnesses subject to isolation, restraint, brutality, DRO investigation shows

April 29, 2015
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The Oregonian, April 8, 2015 Prisoners in the Oregon State Penitentiary unit reserved for inmates with the most severe mental illnesses spend months, sometimes years in small cells with no natural light or outdoor access and rarely get to speak with others, according to an investigation by Disability Rights Oregon. Most are in their cells […]

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Posted in <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/category/prison/" rel="category tag">Prisons</a> Tagged <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/disability-rights-oregon/" rel="tag">Disability Rights Oregon</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/oregon-department-of-corrections/" rel="tag">Oregon Department of Corrections</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/oregon-state-penitentiary/" rel="tag">Oregon State Penitentiary</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/prison/" rel="tag">prison</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/solitary-confinement/" rel="tag">solitary confinement</a> 1 Comment

Price of Addiction: Portland plays prominent role in nationwide opioid plague

April 27, 2015
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Portland Business Journal, April 27, 2015 A few years ago, a Los Angeles Times reporter named Sam Quinones found himself in Huntington, West Virginia, trying to figure out how black tar heroin from Mexico got there. Turns out it originated in a tiny town in the state of Nayarit on the central-west coast of Mexico […]

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Posted in <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/category/addiction/" rel="category tag">Addiction</a> Tagged <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/addiction/" rel="tag">addiction</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/big-pharma/" rel="tag">Big Pharma</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/central-city-concern/" rel="tag">Central City Concern</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/gary-oxman/" rel="tag">Gary Oxman</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/heroin/" rel="tag">heroin</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/kathleen-bickers/" rel="tag">Kathleen Bickers</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/len-bias-law/" rel="tag">Len Bias law</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/multnomah-county-health-department/" rel="tag">Multnomah County Health Department</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/oxycontin/" rel="tag">OxyContin</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/prescription-drug-abuse/" rel="tag">prescription drug abuse</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/price-of-addiction/" rel="tag">Price of Addiction</a> Leave a comment

Eugene man killed in Salem police shooting

April 27, 2015
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Statesman Journal, April 25, 2015 What might have been the routine arrest of a Eugene man wanted for failing to appear in court on drug charges turned into a deadly shootout with Salem police officers. Before Friday’s tense, hours-long standoff ended with the gunman mortally wounded in a Wal-Mart parking lot, he had repeatedly fired […]

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Posted in <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/category/police-shootings/" rel="category tag">Police violence</a> Tagged <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/chad-galusha/" rel="tag">Chad Galusha</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/david-baker/" rel="tag">David Baker</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/jacklynn-ford/" rel="tag">Jacklynn Ford</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/karen-gunson/" rel="tag">Karen Gunson</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/mark-hawkins/" rel="tag">Mark Hawkins</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/methamphetamine/" rel="tag">methamphetamine</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/michael-conley/" rel="tag">Michael Conley</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/robert-owings/" rel="tag">Robert Owings</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/salem-police/" rel="tag">Salem Police</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/tim-dezotell/" rel="tag">Tim Dezotell</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/trevor-morrison/" rel="tag">Trevor Morrison</a> Leave a comment

What happened to Chelsea Fresh

April 25, 2015
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Chelsea Fresh, 29, died Nov. 20, 2014 after being shot four times by Beaverton police officers James Beane and Daniel Coulson.  Fresh, who had pointed an unloaded rifle at police, was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.  Toxicology tests showed she had a blood alcohol level of .19 percent and had also ingested a prescription antidepressant, sleep […]

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Posted in <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/category/police-shootings/" rel="category tag">Police violence</a> Tagged <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/alcoholism/" rel="tag">alcoholism</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/beaverton-police/" rel="tag">Beaverton Police</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/bipolar-disorder/" rel="tag">bipolar disorder</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/chelsea-fresh/" rel="tag">Chelsea Fresh</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/chester-lamb/" rel="tag">Chester Lamb</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/daniel-coulson/" rel="tag">Daniel Coulson</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/geoff-spalding/" rel="tag">Geoff Spalding</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/james-beane/" rel="tag">James Beane</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/jeff-lesowski/" rel="tag">Jeff Lesowski</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/police-shooting/" rel="tag">Police shooting</a> 4 Comments

Victoria police chief praised for attending screening of custody-death film

April 25, 2015
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Victoria police chief praised for attending screening of custody-death film, Times Colonist – April 25, 2015 It wasn’t just Brian Lindstrom’s Alien Boy: The Life and Death of James Chasse that got a thumbs-up at a public screening in Victoria this week. The Portland-based filmmaker gave a rave review of his own to Victoria police […]

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Posted in <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/category/advocacy/" rel="category tag">Advocacy</a> Tagged <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/alien-boy/" rel="tag">Alien Boy</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/brian-lindstrom/" rel="tag">Brian Lindstrom</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/james-chasse/" rel="tag">James Chasse</a> Leave a comment

Price of Addiction: Hazelden doc testifies in Congress about opioid scourge

April 23, 2015
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Portland Business Journal, April 23, 2015 Dr. Marvin Seppala, chief medical officer of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, visited Congress today to testify about the ongoing opioid epidemic in the U.S. and defended the organization’s approach to addiction treatment. “Individuals who are dependent on opioids face unique challenges that often undermine their ability to remain […]

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Posted in <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/category/addiction/" rel="category tag">Addiction</a> Tagged <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/addiction/" rel="tag">addiction</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/hazelden-betty-ford-foundation/" rel="tag">Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/marvin-seppala/" rel="tag">Marvin Seppala</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/opioids/" rel="tag">opioids</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/price-of-addiction/" rel="tag">Price of Addiction</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/suboxone/" rel="tag">suboxone</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/u-s-congress/" rel="tag">U.S. Congress</a>, <a href="https://www.oregonarchive.org/tag/vivitrol/" rel="tag">Vivitrol</a> Leave a comment

Sheila Hamilton: Learning From Mental Illness and How You Can’t Erase the Past

April 14, 2015
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From GOTOPDX, April 14, 2015 Sheila Hamilton is a well-known local broadcast personality. She is also a mother. Her daughter’s father struggled with mental illness, and tragically lost his life to his disease. Recently, Hamilton started a blog to discuss how she has dealt with the issue. It is heartfelt and has not been an […]

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