/tags/recovery recovery en-US Copyright Sat, 15 Jun 2024 14:17:19 GMT /health-and-medicine/2024-06-15/addiction-recovery-programs-will-get-13-million-in-opioid-settlement-funds Rural Oregon groups to get opioid settlement funding to set up recovery centers to help people in addiction. Sat, 15 Jun 2024 14:17:19 GMT /health-and-medicine/2024-06-15/addiction-recovery-programs-will-get-13-million-in-opioid-settlement-funds Ben Botkin /politics-government/2024-01-11/oregon-lawmakers-are-floating-a-plan-to-make-low-level-drug-possession-a-crime-once-again Top Democrats hope the move would incentivize users to seek help while offering plenty of opportunities to avoid a conviction. It’s likely to have opposition on both sides of the state’s drug debate. Thu, 11 Jan 2024 12:39:54 GMT /politics-government/2024-01-11/oregon-lawmakers-are-floating-a-plan-to-make-low-level-drug-possession-a-crime-once-again Dirk VanderHart /health-and-medicine/2024-01-09/families-hit-with-high-costs-waitlists-for-youth-rehab-in-oregon-and-nationwide Research led by Oregon Health & Science University finds that half of the treatment facilities surveyed nationally required an up-front payment averaging more than $28,000, and only a few facilities provide free service to people on Medicaid. Tue, 09 Jan 2024 23:29:52 GMT /health-and-medicine/2024-01-09/families-hit-with-high-costs-waitlists-for-youth-rehab-in-oregon-and-nationwide Amelia Templeton /business-and-labor/2023-04-26/distillers-recovery-advocates-clash-over-oregon-spirits-marketing-proposal A House proposal would create a marketing board to promote whiskey, vodka, gin and other Oregon-crafted spirits. Wed, 26 Apr 2023 22:28:11 GMT /business-and-labor/2023-04-26/distillers-recovery-advocates-clash-over-oregon-spirits-marketing-proposal Lynne Terry /health-and-medicine/2022-02-03/oregon-had-second-highest-addiction-rates-in-the-nation-in-2020 New data from 2020 shows Oregon has the second-highest alcohol and drug addiction rates in the nation and ranks last in treatment options. Thu, 03 Feb 2022 14:13:23 GMT /health-and-medicine/2022-02-03/oregon-had-second-highest-addiction-rates-in-the-nation-in-2020 Sophia Prince /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2013-09-18/beating-addiction-digging-holes-in-my-soul Dean Scholl thought he was just living life to its fullest. But he did not spend a great deal of time thinking about the future, and one day it arrived.… Wed, 18 Sep 2013 18:54:57 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2013-09-18/beating-addiction-digging-holes-in-my-soul Geoffrey Riley