Bend, OREGON – According to the state officials, Measure 110 was passed in 2020 to decriminalize possession of small amounts of drugs and provide additional funding for treatment.

Since then, Oregon has continued to struggle with an epidemic of drug use, fueled in part by an explosion in fentanyl use.

In 2018, 690 pills were seized in Oregon and Idaho’s high-intensity drug trafficking area; in 2022, it was more than 3 million.

Today’s report is a legislatively mandated auditor review focused on services provided through Behavioral Health Resource Networks established statewide in July 2022.

The networks have helped expand community-based treatment, harm reduction services, and housing for people awaiting treatment, in treatment, and in recovery.