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  2. Fentanyl state of emergency declared in downtown Portland, Oregon

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    Several elected leaders in Oregon declared a state of emergency on Tuesday for downtown Portland over the public health and public safety crisis fueled by fentanyl. Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek ...

  3. Oregon leaders declare 90-day state of emergency in ... - AOL

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    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. Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek, Multnomah ...

  4. Hard hit by the US opioid crisis, Oregon reconsiders ... - AOL

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    Hood spoke to Reuters on a downtown Portland corner, across from where he had just smoked fentanyl and methamphetamine outside an old bus station-turned homeless shelter. Oregonians in 2020 passed ...

  5. United States drug overdose death rates and totals over time

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    Fentanyl. 2 mg (white powder to the right) is a lethal dose in most people. US penny is 19 mm (0.75 in) wide. The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has data on drug overdose death rates and totals. Around 1,106,900 US residents died from drug overdoses from 1968 to 2020, around 932,400 from 1999 through 2020 and around ...

  6. Opioid epidemic in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Number of yearly U.S. opioid overdose deaths from all opioid drugs. U.S. yearly overdose deaths, and the drugs involved. Among the 108,000 deaths in 2022, the largest share was related to fentanyl and other synthetic opioids (73,838 deaths). Total drug overdose deaths in the United States. There is an ongoing opioid epidemic (also known as the opioid crisis) in the United States, originating ...

  7. Outside In (organization) - Wikipedia

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    Outside In is a medical and youth service nonprofit organization in Portland, Oregon which provides primary care and "wraparound services" for low income and homeless clients. [4] It also has several other programs such as needle exchange program for drug addicts, and eligibility restricted tattoo removal service.

  8. Methamphetamine, fentanyl drive record homeless deaths in ...

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    According to an annual report released by regional officials Dec. 20, fentanyl and methamphetamine drove a record number of homeless deaths last year in Oregon's Multnomah County, home to Portland.

  9. List of homicides in Oregon - Wikipedia

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    1947-04-15. Escaped prisoner shot and fatally wounded an Oregon State Police officer. Murder of Thelma Taylor. Portland. 1949-08-06. Teenager abducted and murdered. Jeannace June Freeman. 1961. Murdered two children of her lover, first woman sentenced to death in Oregon.