91 People Enter Multnomah County Deflection
(Portland, OR) -- Ninety-one people have entered Multnomah County's drug deflection program during the first two months since a new drug law took effect. People that police find with user-amounts of illegal drugs can get the option of deflection instead of jail. Deflection offers the person substance abuse and other treatments. The County initially estimated it would receive between 300 and 800 deflections per year and they say these numbers track closely with those expectations.



