Kevin Dahlgren

Portland’s decriminalisation nightmare

16 December 2023 5:30 pm

In November 2020, Oregon passed Measure 110, decriminalising non-commercial drug possession. The state also significantly increased funding for recovery and…

Homelessness in black and white

1 September 2023 6:38 am

I stood across the street from Seattle’s City Hall, next to a long line of tents. There were more than…

Fentanyl is being laced to become even more deadly

21 May 2023 6:00 pm

In February on a snowy Wednesday, I met a homeless man named David standing outside a Safeway panhandling for money.…

Fentanyl is wreaking havoc in America

22 April 2023 6:00 pm

I stepped through a hole in the chainlink fence surrounding Portland’s O’Bryant Square and saw four people nodded out and…