Report shows one-third of Oregon inmates are sex offenders

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More than half of inmates (59 percent) are addicted to at least one substance, and 72 percent have some pattern of substance abuse. Among women, 84 percent abuse substances in some way and 78 percent are addicted. Meanwhile, half of all inmates and …
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Drug Dealers Using Medical System As A Shield – OpEd

Filed under: Drug Abuse Oregon

The average user of smoked medical marijuana has no chronic illness and is a white male in his mid-thirties with a history of alcohol and drug abuse. It is clear that a lot of people just want to get high and are abusing Oregon's medical marijuana …
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Stolen twice, pickup for sale

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Daniels said the sight of drug paraphernalia and children's toys inside the pickup's cab upset his wife, who works for Serenity Lane, a substance abuse treatment center in Eugene. “She started crying when she saw that combination of things, and I can …
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