https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/19/oregon-addiction-spending

Washington county, located west of Portland, got a $1.5m deflection budget approved last year. Nearly $700,000 of it was allocated to salaries for new law enforcement positions: $283,487 for a high-level deputy district attorney; $116,664 for a legal specialist in the district attorney’s office; and $257,335 for a sheriff’s lieutenant. It also included $40,000 for overtime for the sheriff’s office.

The county, meanwhile, allotted $360,000 total for community peer mentor services meant to directly help people get services and treatment.

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