February 2006 – Mental Health PDX

Lack of psychiatric beds burdens health care system

February 5, 2006

From The Portland Business Journal, February 5, 2006 Urgent-care patients from Portland get sent to facilities Over a recent holiday weekend, three Portland-area patients needing emergency mental health care were sent out of town for help. One patient ended up in a Medford hospital; the other two went to Corvallis. The reason: Not one Portland-area […]

Oregon Field Guide: Meth Labs

February 1, 2006

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From Oregon Public Broadcasting, February 2006 Methamphetamine labs are moving from the cities to remote areas of Oregon and bringing toxic chemicals that are creating environmental time bombs. Time – 7:26. Meth labs in Oregon are moving out of urban areas and in to out-of-the-way places like forests where the huge quantities of contaminants that […]