Establishing a community for encouragement of students in recovery

Filed under: Drug Abuse Oregon

Last night, Robert Reff, Oregon State University substance abuse prevention coordinator, presented the first initiative on behalf of the university's administration and student health services to establish a community for students in recovery who …
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Marijuana: How pot measures in Washington and Oregon compare to …

Filed under: Drug Abuse Oregon

As with Colorado's Amendment 64, the proposal would charge an existing state office with managing the new, legal pot industry. Tax revenue generated would go toward public health care and substance-abuse clinics. The measure is currently polling well, …
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Clearing the smoke: Controversy over pot legalization brews in Oregon

Filed under: Drug Abuse Oregon

Advocates of the measure hope to tax and regulate the drug, thus adding revenue to the state budget and ending prohibition on something that has long been viewed as part of Oregon culture. “If we all had a bong, we'd all get along”. The primary …
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