Posted on 07/09/2023 2:25:41 AM PDT by Libloather
Portland will soon begin handing out aluminum foil and straws to fentanyl smokers in the latest attempt at 'harm reduction' in the drug-ridden Oregon city.
Officials with the Multnomah County Health Department confirmed the controversial plan to local outlets saying they will also hand out glass pipes and snorting kits.
Health director Jessica Guernsey said they have seen a 'shift from injection drug use' and the new handouts will help to engage those who 'may not otherwise.'
'The new part of the program is that we're adding supplies for people who smoke drugs,' Guernsey said, citing that fentanyl is typically smoked by users now.
Portland is currently dealing with both a fentanyl and overall drug epidemic on top of a homeless crisis that has been slammed by residents as 'out of control.'
Multnomah County spokesperson Sarah Dean said the rise in fentanyl users smoking the drug has reduced the need for injection services.
Visits to clinics for injection tools and syringes - which the city currently offers for free - have dropped by 60 percent since 2019 the spokesperson said.
'We've seen a shift from injection drug use to smoking drug use, so that we can engage people who may not otherwise engage in services,' Guernsey said.
Despite the county's health team swearing that their program has aided the city's ever-growing drug problem, residents and city leaders remain opposed.
'This misguided approach also results in greater risk to public safety for those who simply want to enjoy our city without walking through a cloud of toxic smoke,' said Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler.
'Our community would benefit more from the County using its funding to urgently increase treatment and sobering facilities rather than actively enabling this deadly epidemic,' the Democrat continued.
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How else is China going to buy the entire West Coast on the cheap if not to completely destroy it first.
Oregon blazes a new trail in assisted suicide. I can see the Leftists are giving the drug-addicted every opportunity to destroy themselves. The irony is how they are DELUSIONALLY calling this “government services” to the zombies.
There is no way a society run by lunatics like this can survive.
Honestly? It’d be really easy to do away with every single useless addict using up state and local resources. All you’d have to do is taint the pipes with, I dunno, carfentanil or something similar. Just looks like a routine overdose on an extra-juicy drug batch.
The citizens just continue to submit to their tyrannical government like the pussies they are. Just keep taking it.
Sounds like a marketing manager making a pitch to change the product line due to low sales. Then again democRATs need to keep finding new ways to waste taxpayer money.
Kind of like giving the suicidal a low-velocity round and a tarp to put down so they don’t make a mess - their “solution” is to make it easier for them to kill themselves.
apparently the latest advancement to control the problem is via attrition. next step...provide stronger dosing and hire more folks for the morgues and transportation to them.
I wonder how much is saved every time a drug addict drops dead in Portland? I’ll bet somebody in Portland is crunching the numbers.
DemocRATs.....”we love destroying America!” ...../sarc
An interesting thing happened on the road to the forum
Oregonians voted county by county to become Idaho.
On the order og 90% of the Oregon land mass is actually red.
Here they're being induced to round themselves up. The next step is obvious, but of course the PTB out there won't do it.
The more you feed the dog, the fatter he’ll get..
Other cities should ship their addicts there.
After the first addict dies of an OD while using county supplied drug paraphernalia the county supervisors should be criminally charged and/or sued civilly by the decedent’s family for aiding & abetting the death of the person.
https://www.grllaw.com/blog/what-is-aiding-and-abetting-a-drug-crime/
WA like CA?: https://www.justia.com/criminal/docs/calcrim/2300/2401/
Wait...are they paper or plastic straws? I thought straws were banned because climate change or something 🤔
The rats make a ton money off the sale, use and depenancy of narcotics.. All payed for by the state.. The more people they get hook, the more money they make. What a scam.!!
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