Sept. 4 on The Story: Initially intended to offer a route for drug users that avoids the courtroom entirely, Multnomah County's fledgling deflection program made its way into court this week regardless — just one of several unintended consequences of Oregon recriminalizing drug possession Sunday. On Wednesday, a handful of people picked up for drug possession made their first appearances in court. At least one of them was going to be offered deflection inside the courtroom, since he was arrested outside of the window in which deflection is currently offered. But the court proceedings this week have underlined just how ill-equipped the court system can be to handle a population living on the margins, frequently in and out of custody.
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