Oregon legislators look at expanding laws against drugged and drunken driving

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Dailey sought the support of newly elected Multnomah County District Attorney Rod Underhill, but he decided to remain neutral. Underhill said he supports the intensive treatment program but also is wary about opposing the will of voters. Senate …
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Milwaukie heroin death leads to record prison term

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After being found guilty of distributing heroin, Jacob Tolman, 34, of Portland, was sentenced Wednesday by United States District Judge Ancer Haggerty to 175 months in prison, to be followed by a four-year term of supervised release. The more than 14 …
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Study: Fish in pharmaceutical-tainted water suffer reaction

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They come mostly from humans and farm animals; the drugs pass through their bodies in unmetabolized form. These drug traces are then piped to water treatment plants, which are not designed to remove them from the cleaned water that flows back into …
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Portland pimps to spend more time in prison

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Police and prosecutors also took a new approach in which they stopped treating women arrested for prostitution like criminals and looked at them instead as people who need help. J.R. Ujifusa, the Multnomah … "women involved in prostitution." Today …
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