Multnomah County will shell out an additional $1.8 million to pay for construction and upgrades to its deflection center, built to give drug users an alternative to arrest. The Board of Commissioners ...

A Multnomah County commissioner is proposing a suite of changes to the county's drug deflection program, just days after the board received an unflattering report on the program's performance in its ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — As emerging county data show, most deflection center clients walk away without accepting transport. Members of the Buckman Neighborhood Association are calling foul on ...

It’s been five months since changes to Oregon law made possessing small amounts of hard drugs a crime again, prompting counties to launch programs to deflect drug users away from jail and into ...

Oregon recriminalized drugs on Sept. 1, 2024, after the passage of House Bill 4002. Most counties set up deflection programs to refer people to treatment rather than incarceration. Data shows counties ...