OREGON – 2024 is nearly here and with it comes some changes to Oregon laws, including voter approved Measure 110. Oregon has multiple new laws coming into effect New Year’s Day, including a law aimed at strengthening and improving Measure ...
OREGON – Oregon has multiple new laws coming into effect on New Year’s Day, including a law aimed at strengthening and improving measure 110. House Bill 2513 works to make addiction and treatment services more available to every Oregonian by speeding ...
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. – “We know that the opioid epidemic and overdose crisis is impacting every community in Oregon and unfortunately we are seeing some youth who are dying now from opioid overdoses.” The Oregon Health Authority has announced its ...
Author: Evan Watson (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — With fentanyl-related overdose deaths rising, Oregon lawmakers passed a bill to expand access to naloxone, an opioid overdose reversal medication often referred to by the brand name Narcan. House Bill 2395 still ...
NBC5 has teamed up with Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center to bring you Better Health, a weekly report on staying healthy. On this week’s Better Health, Asante’s Health Expert, Beth Coker, talks with Dr. Kevin Kelleher about the life saving ...
In this Mental Health Minute, Julia Jackson who is the Director of Behavioral Health at Jackson Care Connect, talks with Seraphina Pinsky, Tri-County Area Manage at Max’s Mission. Seraphina talks about the impact of Naloxone and the work being done ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – Providence has seen a sharp increase in the number of people coming into the hospital due to fentanyl overdoses. Friday was especially notable, when the Medford Medical Center saw six overdoses within seven hours of each other. Their ...
Author: Evan Watson (KGW) SALEM, Ore. (KGW) — Oregon lawmakers are advancing bills that would expand public access to the opioid reversal medication naloxone throughout the state. The drug naloxone, commonly sold under brand names like Narcan, is one of ...
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. – Firefighters serving southern Jackson County are providing local police departments with life-saving overdose-reversing kits. Local police stated despite its danger, fentanyl is now the number one drug in the Rogue Valley, surpassing heroin and methamphetamine. As ...
Author: KGW Staff OREGON CITY, Ore. (KGW) — The Oregon City School District will begin stocking naloxone in schools and provide training in its use for reversing opioid overdoses after a unanimous vote by the school board Monday evening. With ...