Aug. 19 on The Story: Today, Multnomah County announced that it will the delay the opening of its drug deflection center — a vital piece of its plan to funnel people toward treatment instead of prosecution when simple drug possession becomes criminal in Oregon again on Sept. 1. Instead, the county will offer deflection "through mobile outreach." But in neighboring Washington County, that's been the plan all along. While there will eventually be a drop-off center in Beaverton, the county is poised to launch its deflection program Sept. 1 as anticipated. We sat down with District Attorney Kevin Barton to talk about the details of how they plan to do it. Watch more The Story videos: http://bit.ly/watchTheStory Follow The Story on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheStoryKGW Follow The Story on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thestorykgw