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DANGEROUS PLACES #1: MATERNITY WARD

August 18, 2023 by

Dangerous places are pretty obvious. Who doesn’t have a list of them. Here in Oregon, land of the great outdoors, we have plenty of danger. But, instead of a list picturing the grandeur and beauty of this great state, then spoiling if by saying climate change makes it all dangerous, let’s work a little harder.

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PORTLAND WEED: A SHORT HISTORY

August 25, 2022 by

Portland weed once came out of Goose Hollow Inn men’s room. A dealer worked from a stall with a full waiting room outside, according to sources. Like all good history, BoomerPdx relies on primary sources and historical relevance to reflect past life. If that life takes a turn into hardcore drug addiction, it’s a life […]

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CHRONIC PAIN IN TOO MANY PLACES

June 12, 2022 by

Chronic pain suffering comes in two conditions: Either too much pain, or too much medication. Both were discussed on C-SPAN.

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DRUG ADDICTION vs DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT

April 19, 2022 by

Search for Oregon’s drug addiction ranking and buckle up. Then search for Oregon’s ranking for drug addiction treatment. The numbers are close: #2 state for addiction, #1 state for lack of addiction treatment. Of all things to celebrate Oregon for, it’s not this.

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OREGON DRUGS: MEASURE 110 EXPERIMENTS WITH NEW IDEAS

June 21, 2021 by

Oregon drugs were put to the vote last November and the results were clear. Last fall Oregon voters decriminalized possession of small amounts of almost all hard drugs, taking a groundbreaking step away from the arrest, charge and jail model for possession that’s been a centerpiece of American drug policy. Arrest. Charge. Jail. The new […]

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DOPE STORY: WHAT TO SAY TO HEROIN GUY

February 26, 2020 by

What’s the right thing to say after hearing another sad dope story? The request: I’d like you to write my story. The response: Tell me the story.

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FOUR TWENTY FOR THE YEAR 2019

April 20, 2019 by

Whats the big deal on four twenty? The easy answer is smoke ’em if you’ve got ’em, and it’s not cigarettes. How easy is it to score weed in Oregon? Score used to be the cool word for buying ditch weed in the old days, as in, “Dude, I scored some weed,” and they show […]

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CDC SAYS OPIOIDS SHOULDN’T BE FIRST CHOICE? THAT HURTS.

March 16, 2016 by

Pain relief moves from legal heroin to physical therapy, exercise, and over the counter pills? Who knew? I wrote a post about an author’s reading called BLACK TAR HEROIN, SAM QUINONES, AND DREAMLAND. Sam Quinones showed up in Powell’s City of Books and talked about pill mills supplying zombie customers with their opioid prescriptions; about […]

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