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The Register-Guard, Nov. 18, 2015 To the outside world, Nate Mart had his life together. He attended Southern Oregon University; he played football; he had a job. But Mart kept a secret: He was an addict — smoking pot, drinking alcohol and using cocaine. Every dollar he made working different odd jobs he spent on […]
The Bulletin, June 26, 2015 The Deschutes County jail is testing a new monitoring device that sheriff’s officials say helped save the life of a 63-year-old inmate Wednesday. According to Deschutes County sheriff’s Capt. Shane Nelson, the AliveLock RiskWatch monitors pulse rate and oxygen levels. The office has been testing the device for two weeks, […]
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 […]
Portland Tribune, June 10, 2014 Every Christmas, Washington County Drug Court Judge Thomas Kohl and his wife, Julie, hold a big holiday party at their home. The tall and fit former football player welcomes family and associates from the legal and justice communities, as well as longtime drug addicts and property felons in various stages […]
Statesman Journal, May 21, 2014 A Salem police shooting that resulted in the death of an armed woman earlier this month was a justified use of deadly force, a Marion County grand jury ruled Wednesday. READ – Press release on officer’s use of force (PDF, 231KB) READ – Witnesses question Salem police shooting of Jackie […]
From Salem Statesman Journal, April 24, 2014 The Oregon State Medical Examiner has released 2013 statistics for drug-related deaths, finding that methamphetamine deaths are on the rise statewide. But other drugs, like heroin and cocaine, have declined. More than 200 people died in Oregon in 2013 due to drugs, nearly the same number of deaths […]
By Jeff Baker, The Oregonian, April 6, 2013 Reading: Sheff discusses his new book “Clean” at 7 p.m. April 12 at Powell’s Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, 3415 S.W. Cedar Hills Blvd., Beaverton. It started when David Sheff wrote an article for The New York Times Magazine called “My Addicted Son” in 2005, and it’s […]
By Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press, March 6, 2012 Pregnant with her seventh child and desperate to kick a meth addiction, Madeline Hutchinson turned to a program from the local Medicaid provider that connected her with a mentor and other support that she says helped her get off drugs. Emmanuel, now 2, was born healthy. […]
By Alison Barnwell, The Oregonian, Thursday, November 17, 2011 A woman in her mid-20s came to the ER shaking and whispering. Her family brought her because her muscles were rigid. She eventually admitted that she’d snorted bath salts. “It causes psychosis,” said Zareth Irwin, a doctor at Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center in Northwest Portland. […]
From The Oregonian, May 12, 2011 Methamphetamine-related deaths in Oregon jumped 22 percent in 2010, claiming 106 lives — the most in a single year over the last decade, according to statistics compiled by the state medical examiner. READ – The Numbers Have Dropped But Meth Still Takes Its Toll, OPB.org – April 27, 2011 […]
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