Dependency on alcohol, opiates, marijuana, etc. substance abuse
Columbia River Mental Health Services announced in March 2025 it was suspending most operations due to financial difficulties. For some amount of time, about 5000 people with mental illness and addiction were left without medical and social services and without guidance as to where to get services. PRESIDENT – Dimitry Makhanov, OneDigital VICE PRESIDENT – […]
Updated July 29, 2024 During the 2023 Legislative Session, the Oregon Legislative Assembly passed House Bill 3610, which was then signed by the Governor. This bill initiated the creation of the Task Force on Alcohol Pricing and Addiction Services. The House Bill specifies that task force members shall: Study alcohol addiction and alcohol addiction prevention; Distribution of […]
Oregon Health Authority Substance Use Disorder Financial Analysis (PDF – full report) Oregon Health Authority Substance Use Disorder Financial Analysis (PDF – Presentation) SUMMARY – In a budget note in HB 5006 (2021 regular session), the Oregon State Legislature directed the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) to analyze the adequacy of behavioral health structures in the […]
By OPB.org – May 21, 2024 The recent court filings revolve around different interpretations of Oregon’s relatively new laws governing police use of deadly force Attorneys for the city of Portland have asked a Multnomah County judge to overrule a jury’s roughly $1 million negligence verdict after a Portland officer shot and killed a man […]
Homelessness Response Action Plan DRAFT, Multnomah County March 2024 Multnomah County Homelessness Response Action Plan website. MEDIA Editorial: Homelessness response strategy must be a plan of action not a wish list – Oregonian March 17, 2024 Multnomah County commissioners and Portland City Council met last week to discuss a draft Homelessness Response Action Plan.Multnomah County […]
By Kevin Sabet, published in the Wall Street Journal March 7, 2024 When Gil Kerlikowske, my then-boss and the Obama administration’s drug czar, announced an end to the war on drugs in May 2009, U.S. drug policy took a more humanitarian, public health-centered approach. Stigmatizing drug users was counterproductive and blocked paths to recovery, we […]
Oregon Data extracted from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, released February 2024 (PDF) Oregon Data extracted from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, released February 2024 (PPTX)
Once a year or so, members of the Mental Health Association of Portland issue recommendations on how service providers can improve the quality of life for people with addiction and mental illness. This year we consider Multnomah County. Next Best Steps for Multnomah County For people with lived experience of mental illness and addiction, and […]
Pictured in this 1970 photograph of staff from the Alcoholism Counseling and Recovery Program: 1st Row – John Hanson, Myra Albert, Glen Yeats, John Spence, Ben Wright. 2nd Row – Patrick Salisbury, Al Smith, Luis Polanco, Emile Summers, Casey Jones, Dave Davis, Russell Duke. ACRP was established in the summer of 1970 as one of […]
Oregonian – Nov. 17, 2023 Millions of dollars and tens of thousands of hours over the last four years have gone into trying to reopen a bigger and better sobering center as the need has grown more urgent. More than 80 groups involving nearly 200 people from varied backgrounds came to the table – healthcare […]
© Oregon Mental Health Archive 2025. Powered by WordPress