Fentanyl crisis in Oregon: 90-day state of emergency declared in ... - CNN
Jan 31, 2024 · Oregon leaders joined forces to declare a 90-day state of emergency in downtown Portland, funneling resources into fighting the city’s deadly fentanyl crisis.
Nurse swapped in tap water for fentanyl, killing Oregon patient ...
Mar 2, 2024 · A nurse at an Oregon hospital replaced fentanyl with tap water, introducing bacteria into a patient’s bloodstream that led to his death, a lawsuit alleges.
In downtown Portland’s fentanyl crisis, Oregon leaders declare ...
Jan 30, 2024 · Multnomah County, the city of Portland and the state of Oregon are embarking on a 90-day experiment to address downtown Portland’s fentanyl crisis.
Oregon sees staggering increase in fentanyl deaths - KOIN.com
Feb 20, 2024 · Oregon experienced a 41% increase in drug overdose deaths between September 2022 and September 2023. The data, first reported by The Oregonian, tracked that 500 more state residents died from a...
Oregon Hospital Sued After Fentanyl Was Swapped With Water
Sep 4, 2024 · The families of some of the 16 patients who died after contracting bacterial infections at a southern Oregon hospital have sued the facility, accusing it of failing to prevent a nurse from...
How California and Oregon are reviving the war on drugs amid fentanyl …
Mar 20, 2024 · Fueled by increasingly visible signs of homelessness and drug use in Oregon and San Francisco, officials are restoring punitive measures for drug-related offenses amid a worsening fentanyl...
‘It’s crazy out there’: The reasons behind Oregon’s deepening …
May 30, 2023 · Fueled by fentanyl, the number of overdose deaths in Oregon has soared since 2019. And while the surge in overdoses is part of a national problem, the state’s underfunded treatment system is...
Portland, Oregon, is in a state of emergency over fentanyl | CNN
Mar 2, 2024 · Portland, Oregon’s mayor, a county chairperson and the governor have declared at 90-day state of emergency to address the public health and safety crisis driven by fentanyl in Central City and...
Oregon Poison Center sees dramatic increase in young ... - OHSU News
Mar 7, 2024 · The Oregon Poison Center at Oregon Health & Science University is reporting a dramatic increase in cases of young children exposed to fentanyl. The poison center managed 16 cases of illicit fentanyl exposure in children younger than 6 years old in 2023, an increase from just 2 in 2021 and 0 in 2020.
Portland issues state of emergency over rampant fentanyl issues
Jan 31, 2024 · A state of emergency was declared Tuesday over downtown Portland’s rampant fentanyl problems — just three years after Oregon became the first state to decriminalize drug use.