Oregon

DEA Updated Oregon Drug Situation Report

Meth: The Oregon Front
A year ago FRONTLINE: The Meth Epidemic, produced in partnership by OPB, FRONTLINE and The Oregonian, explored the growing methamphetamine epidemic in Oregon and across the nation. This award-winning documentary and the OPB panel discussion that followed it, “Meth: The Oregon Front,” sprung from a series by The Oregonian’s Steve Suo.

Drug Situation: Mexican drug trafficking organizations dominate the illicit drug market in Oregon. The state serves as a transshipment point for controlled substances smuggled from Mexico to Washington and Canada. Marijuana and MDMA (street name Ecstasy) from Canada also transit Oregon en route to other U.S. locations. While methamphetamine is a significant drug threat in Oregon, marijuana, heroin, cocaine, and club drugs are of concern. Drug trafficking organizations in Oregon also engage in money laundering, using a variety of methods to legitimize and reposition illicit proceeds.
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Governor’s Methamphetamine Task Force
Rob Bovett, Lincoln County LINT/ONEA
Julie Brandis, Associated Oregon Industries
Paul Burgett, Coos County DA
Caroline Cruz, Prevention Specialist, DHS/OMHAS
Dan Coulombe, Hermiston Police Dept.
John Deits. US DOJ/US Attorney
Kaleen Deatherage, Oregon Partnership
Craig Durbin, Oregon State Police
Dan Estes, Marion County
Bill Etter, Demand Reduction Coordinator, US Dept. of Justice – Drug Enforcement Administration
Steve Gallon, Northwest Frontier Addiction Technology Transfer Center
Josh Graves, Group Living Services Director, Catholic Charities
Grant Higginson, Public Health Office, DHS/Health Services Division
Karin Immergut, US Attorney, US Dept. of Justice, District of Oregon
Jim Jeddeloh, Citizens Crime Commmission Representative
Darryl Larson, Circuit Court Judge, Lane County Circuit Court
Captain Ed Mouery, Oregon State Police
Walt Myers, Salem Police Dept.
Debbie Patterson, Director, Crook County Juvenile Dept.
Anna Peterson, Criminal Justice Commission Member, No Meth (Salem)
Floyd Prozanski, State Senate
Jim Rice, Oregon Criminal Defence Lawyers Association
Russ Spencer, Governmental Relations Representative, Pfizer
Patti Smith, State Representative
Arthur Tolan, Counseling and Treatment Services, Dept. of Corrections
Rick Treleaven, MSW Director, BestCare Treatment
John Trumbo, Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office
Anna Uhler, Governor’s Council on Alcohol & Drug Programs
Thom VanArtsdalen, Community Corrections, Director of Parole and Probation
Karen Wheeler, DHS/OMHAS
Rick Williams, Oregon National Guard
Jay Wurscher, Alcohol & Drug Services, DHS/Children, Adults and Families
Ron Harnden, Chief of Police, Consolidated Tribes Umatilla Indian Reservation

Governor talks with Native Americans: Meeting of the elders
Gov. Ted Kulongoski met with leaders of Oregon’s American Indian tribes Wednesday at the Convention Center of the Seven Feathers Hotel & Casino Resort to discuss relations and the future of working together. He was joined by Attorney General Hardy Myers and other key officials while presenting his plans for the 2007 budget to eight of the state’s nine federally recognized tribes. Kulongoski said Oregon is “entering a new era with the ability to do more” for the first time in nearly a decade in terms of keeping pace with inflation and population explosion. He said at the same time, Oregon will be able to put money away for the future while growing “at one of the fastest clips in the nation.” Kulongoski said the budget’s outlook is much brighter than it was four years ago when he was first governor. He said he plans to invest 61 percent of it in education and secondary schooling and also help cover at least 95 percent of Oregon’s children with affordable health insurance. He said he plans to have 13 more health centers built around the state and add 139 state patrol officers to the highways, including more detectives and forensic experts. “Around the clock coverage on our state highways” is important for battling methamphetamine trafficking, he said. Kulongoski also said he plans to make Oregon the renewable energy capital of the nation and is eager to work with tribes in doing so. “The state of Oregon has much to learn about that commitment,” he said. As for a rainy day fund, he said he plans to boost it to $900 million. Not saving a large chunk of money, he said, would be irresponsible since the economy moves in cycles and in the future could once again be in a slump. The purpose of the ninth annual Oregon tribes’ summit, Kulongoski said, was to build relationships. He added, however, that despite differences in the past, the state and tribes work better together than other situations he’s seen in the West. “There is no state that has a better state/tribe relationship,” he said. “I see you as sovereigns, as equals and as citizens of the great state of Oregon.” Missing from the summit was the Burns Paiute Tribe of Eastern Oregon. The other tribes met to discuss the fight against meth, gangs, sending young people to college or finding them jobs, providing health care and insurance and protecting the environment. Sue Shaffer, chairwoman of the Cow Creek Band of the Umpqua Tribe of Indians, said the tribes’ future intent is to have their neighbors understand that “this is our home land.” She also announced the Cow Creeks’ future plans of building a coffee house and bristo near Roseburg’s Visitors Center and adding 52 rooms to the Seven Feathers Hotel Casino & Resort with an upscale spa.

SAMHSA Grant Awards by State FY 2005 Discretionary Funds in Detail OREGON

Grantee: Oregon Health & Science University Portland, OR
Program: AI/AN National Resource Center SP10346
Congressional District: OR-01
FY 2005 Funding: $999,211
Project Period: 07/01/2003 - 06/30/2006
The American Indian/Alaska Native National Resource Center (AI/AN-NRC) is a resource center dedicated to the identification and fostering of effective and culturally appropriate substance abuse prevention and treatment programs and systems to support AI/AN populations. In order to accomplish this goal the AI/AN-NRC will: identify culturally appropriate best practices in prevention science and treatment services designed for AI/AN population; facilitate the implementation of evidence-based preventive programs and care systems for native people; provide continuing education in substance abuse prevention and treatment so as to enhance the capabilities of educators and clinicians serving American Indians and Alaska Natives; and recruit native youth into education and health care training programs aimed at prevention and treatment of chemical dependency among American Indians and Alaska Natives.