As Oregon struggles with one of the highest rates of homelessness in the nation, a longtime drug counselor says Portland is using a Band-Aid approach on the crisis.
, open air drug use has become the norm, and bystanders have become"desensitized," according to Anthony.
Nonprofits in Portland distribute clean syringes, pipes and overdose-reversing naloxone — services they call"The amount of lives that I've saved with the Narcan is amazing," said Matthew, who has been homeless off-and-on since 2013."I've saved like, 20 people." But Dahlgren called Portland's current approach to addiction and homelessness"all harm and no reduction."
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