Health Justice Recovery Alliance

If you or someone you know needs help, call 503-575-3769.

The Health Justice Recovery Alliance (HJRA) is a statewide advocacy group made up of community organizations, addiction recovery providers, and other advocates working to improve Measure 110 implementation policies and practices.

Oregon is the first state in the country to remove criminal penalties for possession of small amounts of drugs in favor of a health-based and science-backed approach to substance use, via Ballot Measure 110, passed by Oregon voters in 2020.

In addition to decriminalizing possession, Measure 110 provides revenue from Oregon Cannabis sales to fund an unprecedented level of treatments and interventions for substance abuse. Measure 110’s services-first model is helping Oregon avoid future harms and costs of criminalizing addiction.

Learn More About HJRA

Measure 110: The Drug Addiction Treatment & Recovery Act

2023 is the year that Measure 110 is getting on firm footing. Data through December 2022 has shown a dramatic increase in the number of people receiving addiction services funded by M110 that get to the root causes of addiction. Tens of millions of dollars are being diverted to services away from the expensive, harmful, and ineffective criminal system that creates a cycle of despair.

Join Us

Everyone in our community should have a safe and stable home and access to the services that they need. Measure 110-funded services are an essential part of the community approach to treatment and recovery access. Oregon’s unique public health approach gives us a tool that no other state in the country has: getting to the root cause of addiction and ending the revolving jail door that keeps people trapped in addiction and despair.

Measure 110 substance use treatment services have grown 44% in the first six months of full funding. These are dollars for recovery housing, detox and drop in centers, peer support, overdose prevention, and other essential services. New programs are opening regularly.

Get the Latest

“Costly, complicated, and set up to fail.”

Addiction experts and service providers say petitions filed today against Measure 110 will increase costs and reduce addiction services

What you're not hearing about Measure 110...

CASE STUDIES & IMPACT STORIES

Bridges to Change

Measure 110 Grant Amount: $13,137,794.20 (Clackamas, Multnomah County Indiginity, Washington and Wasco County BHRNs)

As a member of the Washington, Wasco, Clackamas and Multnomah County Indiginity BHRNs, Bridges has added nearly 250 supportive and low-barrier housing beds for clients in the Tri-County area, thanks to funding from Measure 110. They have also been able to hire nearly 70 new staff, from service navigators and case managers, to phone-line peer support and more.

Larry Turner

Executive Director, Fresh Out Community-Based Re-entry Program

“These funds can help us address the racist war on drugs’ disproportionate impact on Black and Brown people by providing housing for Black individuals transitioning out of incarceration, and allowing us to hire additional peer support specialists to help people in their Substance Use Disorder recovery journey. The war on drugs has created harm that spans generations, and it’s going to take a lot of work to address these harms so that our community can begin to heal.”

The Miracles Club

Measure 110 Grant Amount: $3,201,077 (Washington County, Multnomah County Indiginity BHRNs)

With their Measure 110 grant, Miracles is offering more recovery programming, conducting more community outreach, and hired additional recovery mentors to serve more clients in Multnomah County and — for the first time — in Washington County. They have been able to create more transitional housing for people in early recovery by procuring three transitional houses that, collectively, offer at least 18 beds. One of these is the first-ever transitional house for LGBTQ+ African American women in recovery. Nothing else like this exists in Oregon.

Oregon Change Clinic

Measure 110 Grant Amount: $228,613 (Access to Care Grant)

The Oregon Change Clinic focuses on culturally specific services tailored to the BIPOC community. In 2021 they were awarded Measure 110 funding to take control of and renovate the 6th Avenue Motel in Southwest Portland, helping them break down barriers to housing for their clients who need help. The clients — many of them homeless or struggling with stable housing — get a six-month stay to make a life-long change. "That means everything. I feel safe. I have my own key to go in...and then I get to know my other peers, too. I was always isolated, so now I'm coming out of that." - Kimberly Caston, tenant

NW Instituto Latino de Adicciones

Measure 110 Grant Amount: $1,204,980.84 (Multnomah County Latino Community BHRN)

NWIL is one of the only organizations that provides culturally and linguistically-specific recovery support services to the Latino community in Portland and surrounding areas. Measure 110 has enabled them to more case managers and peer supervisors to support individuals in their recovery journeys. With M110 funding, they are able to serve 25-30 more people per month, and have expanded services to Washington County.

HIV Alliance

Measure 110 Access to Care Grant: $157,000 | Timeframe: 05/17/21 - 12/31/21

The HIV Alliance serves Lane, Marion and Josephine Counties. Using funds from their Measure 110 Access to Care grant, the HIV Alliance has been able to expand access to substance use treatment, peer support services, harm reduction, and housing to individuals in Southern Oregon. They reversed more than 500 overdoses in just six months with Measure 110 funds.

Top