Overdose deaths increased in the Portland, Oregon, area during a 90-day state of emergency that officials declared to combat the fentanyl problem, leaving residents wondering what changes were actually implemented.
Gov. Tina Kotek (D), Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson (D), and Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler (D) all declared emergency orders on January 30 to “address the public health and public safety crisis driven by fentanyl.”
All three emergency orders directed the city, county, and state governments to commit resources to a “unified response” after the state saw a continuous increase in overdose deaths since a drug decriminalization measure passed in 2020, Breitbart News reported.
Just the state’s fentanyl overdose rate surged by a whopping 1,530 percent since 2019, making the state home to the most dramatic increase rate in the nation. […]
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