By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle As lawmakers prepare to tackle the state’s addiction crisis, new data from the Oregon Health Authority shows how dire the addiction crisis has become. In 2019, 280 people died of a drug overdose in Oregon. Fatalities rose every year after, more than tripling by 2022, when 956 died. And last […]
New data shows overdose deaths continue to skyrocket in Oregon
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