County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson said that the health department’s plan didn’t go through the proper channels and needed “further analysis.”
PORTLAND, Ore. — Multnomah County has hit pause on its plan to distribute smoking materials for fentanyl users through the county health department’s harm reduction program, a county spokesperson confirmed Monday afternoon.
“Our health department went forward with this proposal without proper implementation protocols,” County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson said in a brief statement. “And in that light, I am suspending the program pending further analysis.”
On Friday, the Multnomah County Health Department confirmed their plans to begin distributing tin foil and straws
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