March 1988 – Mental Health PDX

Crack makes cocaine top cause of overdose deaths

March 31, 1988

From the Oregonian, March 31, 1988 Cocaine, particularly a rocklike derivative known on the street as crack, has replaced tar heroin as the drug most responsible for overdose deaths in Oregon. Through Wednesday there have been 11 cocaine-caused deaths, three more than occurred in all of 1987, said Dr. Larry V. Lewman, Oregon state medical […]

Mother, 26, committed in drowning of daughter

March 29, 1988

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From The Oregonian, March 29, 1988 – not elsewhere online A 26-year-old Portland mother who drowned her infant daughter “so she could get to heaven” was found guilty Monday of murder except for insanity. Multnomah County Circuit Judge Phillip J. Roth made the finding after the prosecution and the defense stipulated that Gloria Chames was […]

A cause for CHIERS – familiar white van carries alcoholics to Union Avenue detoxification center

March 14, 1988

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From The Oregonian – March 14, 1988 Dennis clenched his hands into tight fists. His faced reddened as he spoke. “I can’t remember! I can’t remember anything!” With the help of two people, he was standing now. He had been lying on the floor inside the Burnside Projects shelter in Old Town when the call […]