Food stamps for Oregon bottle returns?

Teachers and Parents Filling Addiction-Prevention Gaps

Elementary school kids in Forest Grove are learning a self-regulation strategy that has proven effective at preventing drug addiction later in life, thanks to a teacher who brought the program to the area. A mom at West Linn’s high school has started a club teaching kids the realities of drug addiction. And a Beaverton family helped launch that district’s model fentanyl education program. Parents and teachers are filling gaps in schools’ education around drugs and addiction. [The Lund Report via OPB]

Changing of Oregon’s Cherished Bottle Bill

Oregon’s landmark Bottle Bill got rid of litter by offering cash for turning in cans and bottles. But canning has become a quick way for people with addictions to score cash and buy fentanyl. The drug is so cheap that just 50 cans is all it takes for a day’s supply. That’s a problem that the Restaurant and Lodging Association wants to address by no longer offering cash for cans and bottles, but instead giving out food credits — something in the vein of food stamps. [Willamette Week]

‘Whistling’ Heard on Previous Alaska Flight

Alaska Airlines passengers seated near the door plug could hear a whistling noise and reported it to the crew on the prior flight of the plane that lost the plug over Portland. That’s the latest allegation from a lawyer for passengers suing the airline and Boeing over physical and emotional harm. [Oregonian 🔒]

Portland Street Response Cuts?

City Commissioners Rene Gonzalez and Carmen Rubio, who are both running for mayor this year, are tussling over a proposed budget cut to The Portland Street Response and a potential relief package from the Portland Clean Energy Fund. That’s part of this week’s Friday news round-up. [City Cast Portland 🎧]

Saving Portland Street Response, Fighting Over Parks, and Clapping Back on the Fentanyl Plan

This week’s news includes a new public park that’s causing some heated debates, Commissioner Carmen Rubio’s bottomless bag of money potentially saving the Portland Street Response, and some skeptical county commissioners criticizing the governor’s 90-day emergency fentanyl declaration. Portland Mercury news reporter Taylor Griggs joins City Cast Portland host Claudia Meza and executive producer John Notarianni.