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A2 THE BULLETIN • TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2021 The Bulletin How to reach us LOCAL, STATE & REGION DESCHUTES New COVID-19 COVID-19 cases cases per DESCHUTES COUNTY COUNTY L. New per day day CIRCULATION Didn’t receive your paper? Start or stop subscription? 541-385-5800 PHONE HOURS 6 a.m.-noon Tuesday-Friday 7 a.m.-noon Saturday-Sunday and holidays GENERAL INFORMATION 541-382-1811 COVID-19 data for Monday, Feb. 1: Editor’s note: Cases reported Monday include data from Saturday and Sunday, when the state was conducting computer maintenance. Deschutes County cases: 5,434 (31 new cases) Deschutes County deaths: 45 (0 new deaths) Crook County cases: 692 (3 new cases) Crook County deaths: 15 (zero new deaths) Jefferson County cases: 1,777 (3 new cases) Jefferson County deaths: 25 (zero new deaths) Oregon cases: 143,373 (964 new cases) Oregon deaths: 1,958 (1 new death) 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. ONLINE BULLETIN GRAPHIC GRAPHIC 129 new cases 130 (Dec. 4) What is COVID-19? It’s an infection caused by a new coronavirus. Symptoms include fever, coughing and shortness of breath. This virus can be fatal. 7 ways to help limit its spread: 1. Wash hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. 2. Avoid touching your face. 3. Avoid close contact with sick people. 4. Stay home. 5. In public, stay 6 feet from others and wear a mask. 6. Cough into your elbow. 7. Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces. LOCAL VACCINATIONS 22,423 Number of vaccinations given by St. Charles Healvth System 120 110 100 90 new cases State computer maintenence (Nov. 27) 70 60 50 (Nov. 14) 7-day 7-day average average 40 31 new cases 28 new cases (Oct. 31) 30 16 new cases (July 16) (Sept. 19) 20 (May 20) 1st case 90 80 47 new cases 9 new cases www.bendbulletin.com SOURCES: OREGON HEALTH HEALTH AUTHORITY, AUTHORITY, SOURCES: OREGON DESCHUTES COUNTY COUNTY HEALTH SERVICES SERVICES 10 (March 11) EMAIL bulletin@bendbulletin.com March April May June July August September October November December January Feb. 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They may not be reproduced without explicit prior approval. ý LOCAL BRIEFING Pioneering new law takes effect Police can no longer arrest someone for possession of small amounts of heroin, meth and more BY ANDREW SELSKY The Associated Press DECRIMINALIZATION OF HARD DRUGS DRUCS DECRIMINALIZATION OF HARD Lottery results can now be found on the second page of Sports. Bend-La Pine will offer free meals into June Classrooms are starting to reopen in Bend-La Pine Schools, but one distance learning-era staple will re- main through the end of the school year: free meals. Bend-La Pine will keep offering three free meals per day — both for stu- dents learning in-person inside their schools, and at pick-up sites for families still choosing to learn at home, according to a school district press release. There are now only three meal pick-up locations: Bend, Mountain View and La Pine high schools, the re- lease stated. Brown bag meals can be picked up at those schools from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on weekdays. The school district has served nearly 1.3 million free meals to students since it began offering them in mid-March, at the onset of the pandemic, according to the release. SALEM — Police in Oregon can no longer arrest some- one for possession of small amounts of heroin, metham- phetamine, LSD, oxycodone and other hard drugs as a ballot measure that decrim- inalized them took effect on Monday. Instead, those found in pos- Yes on Measure 110 Campaign via AP, file session would face a $100 fine Volunteers deliver boxes containing signed petitions in favor of Measure 110 on June 26 to the Oregon Sec- or a health assessment that retary of State’s Office in Salem. Police can no longer arrest someone for possession of small amounts of her- could lead to addiction coun- oin, methamphetamine and other hard drugs as the measure that decriminalized them took effect Monday. seling. Backers of the ballot measure decriminalizing hard covery Services Fund.” Oregon is a pioneer in lib- session. In 2014, Oregon vot- drugs, which Oregon voters The fund will be awash in eralizing drug laws. It was ers passed a ballot measure passed by a wide margin in money if the sales trend for the first state, in 1973, to de- legalizing recreational use of Bulletin staff report November, hailed it as a revo- marijuana continues as ex- criminalize marijuana pos- marijuana. lutionary move for the United pected. States. In the 2020 fiscal year, mar- “Today, the first domino of ijuana tax revenues peaked at our cruel and inhumane war $133 million, a 30% increase on drugs has fallen, setting off over the previous year, and what we expect to be a cas- a 545% increase over 2016, cade of other efforts centering when pot taxes began being health over criminalization,” collected from legal, registered said Kassandra Frederique, recreational marijuana enter- executive director of the Drug prises around the state. Policy Alliance, which spear- The other recipients of pot headed the ballot initiative. tax revenues are now saying We premier We are are Central Central Oregon’s Oregon's premier Ballot Measure 110’s back- that, after assessment and re- ers said treatment needs to be lated treatment options are set providers providers for for ear, ear, nose, nose, and and throat throat the priority and that crimi- up, the distribution of those nalizing drug possession was revenues will deserve another and and hearing hearing care care. . not working. Besides facing look. A leading lawmaker the prospect of being locked agrees. up, having a criminal record “In the future, as Oregon’s makes it difficult to find hous- treatment programs reach ing and jobs and can haunt a full funding, the state should person for a lifetime. evaluate what other services SAME-DAY APPOINTMENTS Two dozen district attor- would benefit from our con- neys had opposed the mea- tinually growing marijuana AVAILABLE FOR: sure, saying it was reckless and tax revenues,” Oregon Edu- would lead to an increase in cation Association President • Ear/sinus issues Ear/sinus issues the acceptabil- John Larson ity of dangerous said in an email. • Vertigo Vertigo episodes episodes “Today, the first drugs. Larson said Instead of fac- • Earwax removal Earwax removal domino of our cruel a “balanced ap- ing arrest, those proach to bud- and inhumane war geting” will found by law en- • Abscesses Abscesses forcement with support com- on drugs has fallen, munities and personal-use • Nosebleeds Nosebleeds amounts of setting off what we students. The Hearing test • Hearing test drugs would face OEA union rep- expect to be a cascade resents about a civil citation, • Allergy Allergy consultation consultation “like a traffic 44,000 educa- of other efforts ticket,” and not a tors. • Telehealth Telehealth appointments appointments criminal citation, centering health over State Sen. Floyd Prozanski, said Matt Sutton, criminalization” chair of the Sen- spokesman for ate Committee the Drug Policy — Kassandra Frederique, On Judiciary Alliance. executive director of the and Ballot Mea- Under the new Drug Policy Alliance sure 110 Imple- system, addic- NO REFERRALS NEEDED! NEEDED!* NO REFERRALS mentation, said tion recovery he expects Oregon’s cannabis centers will be “triaging the acute needs of people who use tax revenues to increase expo- nentially if recreational mar- drugs and assessing and ad- Central Oregon Ear, Ear, Nose Nose & & Throat Throat Central Oregon ijuana in the United States is dressing any on going needs legalized. He expects that to thorough intensive case man- is to announce announce same-day same-day is excited excited to happen within four years. agement and linkage to care appointments available! appointments available! That would make the Drug and services.” The addiction recovery cen- Treatment and Recovery Ser- Myra Baker, PA PA | Physician’s Myra Baker, | Physician's Assistant Assistant ters will be funded by millions vices Fund “oversaturated with revenue” as out-of-state con- of dollars of tax revenue from sumers legally buy Oregon’s Oregon’s legalized marijuana potent marijuana, Prozanski industry. That diverts some said in a telephone interview. funds from other programs “It would be foolish for us as and entities that already re- a Legislature to think that the ceive it, like schools. EAR | NOSE | THROAT The ballot measure capped voters would want us to put the amount of pot tax revenue hundreds upon hundreds upon that schools; mental health al- hundreds of millions of dollars Bend | 2450 | 2450 NE NE Mary Mary Rose Pl, PI, Ste Ste 120 Bend coholism and drug services; into a program that would be, Redmond | 1020 11020 SW SW Indian Indian Ave, Ave, Ste 102 Redmond the state police; and cities and at that point, I would think, counties receive at $45 million having a gold standard” in ad- COENT.com \ | *CaU *Call for for details details annually, with the rest going diction recovery services, the to a “Drug Treatment and Re- Democrat said. 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