Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB Portland Police Chief Robert Day unveiled the step-by-step process that police in Oregon’s largest city will follow as they attempt to get drug users access to treatment ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — In the first two months since simple drug possession was recriminalized in Oregon, officials in Multnomah County say that 91 people were referred to deflection instead of being ...

MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Ore. — Multnomah County says about 127 people chose deflection services over an arrest for drug possession in the first 10 weeks of the county's program, between Sept. 1 and Nov. 15.