methamphetamine

In the past five years, Portland-area emergency rooms have become the de facto detox centers for patients experiencing meth-induced psychosis.

Two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists find everything that’s wrong with America in small-town Oregon.

In other news: No more sobering center.

The Oregon US Attorney’s office held a press conference today announcing charges against a local drug trafficking organization with ties to Mexico.

Needle use is up. Meth deaths are up. And HIV is on the rise again.

The county cites drug use as the most common factor, but urges that everyone at risk get tested.

Every weekday morning, shortly before dawn, a squadron of men arrives downtown to serve as an alarm clock.

Six officers struggled to restrain Richard Barry.

Sheriff’s office says “no signs of foul play and no illegal use of drugs while in jail” in Dee Glassman’s death.

Willamette Week