PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Calls are growing louder in Multnomah County to overhaul the County’s drug deflection program after new data showed it is falling short of getting people into addiction treatment.
Several county leaders, including the District Attorney, now say incentives alone are not working and that stronger accountability is needed.
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County Commissioner Julia Brim-Edwards says that while hundreds of people have passed through the deflection center, very few have meaningfully engaged in recovery. She said people can currently be counted as a “successful deflection” for minimal actions, such as staying one night in a shelter…