Baltimore Woods is a green fringe of oak and maple trees towering over the
neighborhood north of Cathedral Park. It anchors the Willamette bluff,
standing as a buffer between riverside industry and downtown St. Johns
residents. and providing shelter to native plants and ...
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This week on Century of Lies: Synthetic Drugs.
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime hosted a two-day meeting of its
Synthetic Drug Strategy Expert Group on January 30 and 31. Discussions
focused on international integrated responses in four key areas:
multilater...
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Equitable Giving Circle (EGC) is a Black Women and Black Femme led
organization aiming to make large economic deposits into Portland BIPOC
economy while also encouraging community healing. They provide radical care
for the Black community in Portland.
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This week on Century of Lies: Rebooting the Drug War.
Congress appears determined to march farther down the road of drug war folly.
On this week’s Century we look at two recent Congressional hearings.
The Senate Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing February 4 entitled...
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This week on Century of Lies: Planet Youth.
Planet Youth is a community wide approach to encourage and enable people to
use data and evidence to create better, healthier environments for young
people and to support healthier choices around substance use. The Scottish
Dr...
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Our guest is poet, filmmaker, educator, retired therapist, and thought leader
– La Toya A. Hampton, MSW ~ The Poet Lady Rose. She is holding Rhymes and
Roots: Celebrating North Portland through Poetry Workshops through Sunday,
February 9.
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This week on Century of Lies: Remembering Ernie Drucker.
Ernest Drucker, PhD, was a brilliant man. He was also a good friend and
colleague. Ernie was author of over one hundred peer reviewed scientific
articles, texts, and book chapters, founding Associate Editor of The ...
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This week on Century of Lies: The Intersection Between Services for the
Unhoused and Harm Reduction Work.
Homelessness is on the rise around the world. People who use drugs and who
are unhoused, or at risk of being unhoused, are key user groups of harm
reduction service...
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