Addiction treatment services in Oregon are facing a fiscal crunch as a citizen-run oversight council has made sweeping funding cuts. One Eugene-based drop-in recovery center has lost 75% of its budget — leaving it at risk of closure.
On 12th Avenue in Eugene, there’s a place where people in the throes of addiction can walk in the front door and get help. People like Ted Alan Jarrett.
“I had the thoughts that I could not, at that point in my life, help myself,” he said. “I came in with hope that someone could restore hope in me.”
Jarrett was 48 years old when he decided to seek help…