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Corvallis mental health arrests skyrocket

March 11, 2015
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The Lund Report, March 2015 Local law enforcement have had their suspicions, but researchers have now backed them up: there has been a significant increase of people being taken into custody for issues surrounding mental health in recent years. From 2011 to 2012 alone, the number jumped from 144 to 245. Reviewing the cases of […]

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Study: On YouTube, drinking is hilarious, has no downside

March 7, 2015
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By David Sack, M.D. on Psych Central, March 4, 2015 If a person knew nothing about alcohol and turned to YouTube for enlightenment, this is what they’d likely come away with: Drinking is something young and attractive people do, it has little long-term downside beyond a hangover, and it’s hilarious. That’s the conclusion of a […]

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After high-profile incidents, PPB training starts strong – then falls off sharply

March 4, 2015
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KATU.com, March 3, 2015 A newly released city audit shows the Portland Police Bureau has made great strides in some areas in regards to its use of force procedures, but it criticizes the bureau in the area of training. The report, the first from the city auditor’s office since the U.S. Department of Justice criticized […]

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Moving on: Maggie Bennington-Davis

February 26, 2015
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Health Share of Oregon has appointed Dr. Maggie Bennington-Davis as senior medical director of the Tri-County Metro area coordinated care organization. Currently chief medical officer and chief operating officer for Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare, Oregon’s largest comprehensive community mental health program, Bennington-Davis will join Health Share on May 18. She will lead the coordinated care organization’s […]

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Authorities give homeless campers 14 days to vacate Stevens Road Tract

February 26, 2015
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The Bulletin, Feb. 24, 2015 The state and the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office are taking action to get transient campers out of tents on state lands east of Bend and into more suitable living shelters. The Oregon Department of State Lands on Monday posted emergency closure signs at the Stevens Road Tract restricting public access […]

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Woman with mental illness stashed in jail: ‘Cruel’ ordeal never should have happened

February 20, 2015
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From The Oregonian, February 20, 2015 A woman suffering from a severe mental illness sat locked in isolation in a Yamhill County jail for 10 days awaiting a state psychiatric bed. She was suicidal, hearing voices and unable to get proper medication to treat her psychosis. She was never charged with a crime. Three judges […]

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Price of Addiction: Oregon explores new painkiller abuse-deterrent rules

January 26, 2015
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Portland Business Journal, Jan. 26, 2015 Legislation is being prepared in Oregon to encourage safer opioid prescribing practices. Officials could do so by removing any disincentives to prescribing abuse-deterrent painkillers. “The concept addresses the idea of patient safety and consumer protection around the use of opioid analgesics and abuse deterrents,” said Dr. David Russo, a […]

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Mayor and Council Step Back on Police Reform

January 17, 2015
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Mayor and Council Step Back on Police Reform – Portland Observer City appeal should be rescinded Dr. LeRoy Haynes | 1/14/2015 Dr. LeRoy Haynes is chair of the Albina Ministerial Alliance Coalition for Justice and Police Reform. While every major city and various small cities throughout the nation are crying out for justice and police […]

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Our newest, not-so-new police directive: Just walk away

January 13, 2015
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Our newest, not-so-new police directive: Just walk away, Street Roots, January 2015 Jason Renaud and Jenny Westberg are with the Mental Health Association of Portland The Portland Police Bureau recently made a stunning and unprecedented discovery — but, sadly, no one noticed. Probably because most of us knew it all along. Their non-breakthrough was this: […]

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New local group makes mission to educate about drug addiction

January 4, 2015
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New local group makes mission to educate about drug addiction BY Raymond Rendleman Wednesday, January 07, 2015 Getting up in front of the winter’s Clackamas County Drug Court graduating class, Gail Simmons brought a duffle bag with a few props inside and told them how important today was because her son was looking forward to […]

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