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Public suicide on Steel Bridge shocks Portland to heroin crisis
A 29 year old man and his 25 year old fiancee died by jumping from the Steel Bridge in downtown Portland, a public act that underscored a widening heroin problem. The couple, both addicts, left a journal detailing their intent as onlookers watched and officials removed the bodies. Oregon records show heroin causes the most drug deaths in the state, with Portland facing high crime and crisis indicators among users and limited treatment options.
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Portland
Ore
Willamette River
Amtrak
Michael Douglas
Mara McGowan
Douglas
Mara
Donna Mulcare
Oregon Partnership
Drug and Alcohol
Oregon
Larry Lewman
Office of National Drug Control Policy
U.S
McGowan