Heroin and synthetic opiate use on rise among South Bay teens

Filed under: Drug Addiction Help Portland

The County's Department for Alcohol and Drug Services wants to find out what prescription pain pills are being sold for on the streets in hopes of addressing what leaders call a potentially devastating drug problem. "Recently there … He recalled a …
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Hillsboro woman accused of destroying evidence during traffic stop: Beaverton …

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Baul-Knight appeared very nervous, told the Beaverton officer that she had a drug addiction and was in recovery, the report said. Officers searched the car and … The Portland man was cited for driving with a suspended license. Also reported during …
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The price of addiction: Oregon works to dull the pain of prescription drug …

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In 2006, nonmedical use of prescription painkillers imposed a cost of $ 53.4 billion on the U.S. economy, in the form of lost productivity, increased criminal justice costs, drug abuse treatment and medical complications. More than 70,000 children go to …
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