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Multnomah County Will Distribute Tin Foil and Straws to Fentanyl Smokers (Portland, OR)
Willamette Week ^ | 07/07/2023 | Lucas Manfield

Posted on 07/07/2023 6:21:48 PM PDT by aimhigh

The Multnomah County Health Department will begin distributing tin foil and straws this month to fentanyl smokers at sites across Portland, WW has learned. The “smoking supplies,” which also include glass pipes for smoking meth and crack as well as “snorting kits,” are part of a national effort to minimize the health consequences of drug use. Smoking is considered by many health experts a safer way of consuming hard drugs than injection, and government officials are now seeking to encourage users who haven’t already switched to do so—and to make it safer for those who already have.

The Oregon Legislature just passed a bill decriminalizing the distribution of “drug paraphernalia” for harm reduction purposes, although it awaits Gov. Tina Kotek’s signature. There are similar programs in other states, including Washington and California. New York City recently installed a vending machine with smoking kits, including bubble pipes.

Yet the decision to distribute smoking supplies arrives as many officials and Portland residents are exhausted by open drug use on city streets. Fentanyl, which is most commonly smoked, is now the drug of choice, and it’s difficult to walk downtown without passing someone in a stoop with a torch and a piece of tinfoil.

(Excerpt) Read more at wweek.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: drugs; fentanyl; foil; oregon; portland; straws
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1 posted on 07/07/2023 6:21:48 PM PDT by aimhigh
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To: aimhigh

I think this is a plot to turn everyone in society into a drug addict. But, I suppose that’s just a crazy conspiracy theory. Maybe I should put on my tinfoil hat. Does anyone know where I can find some tinfoil?


2 posted on 07/07/2023 6:27:22 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (It's not a government. It's a criminal enterprise. Fear it, but do not respect it.)
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To: aimhigh

Fugget it, Jake, it’s Portland.


3 posted on 07/07/2023 6:27:38 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: aimhigh

Just where will they get tin foil?


4 posted on 07/07/2023 6:28:24 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Aldous Huxley foresaw this in Brave New World.


5 posted on 07/07/2023 6:28:54 PM PDT by 31R1O (The people who can control themselves ought to be able to defend themselves from those who can't.)
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To: aimhigh

A collapsed, failed state.


6 posted on 07/07/2023 6:29:34 PM PDT by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: ClearCase_guy

Check with the Multnomah County Health Department. They should be able to help you out.


7 posted on 07/07/2023 6:30:55 PM PDT by Maine Mariner
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To: aimhigh
are part of a national effort to minimize the health consequences of drug use.

Enabling.

How about round up the drug pushers (including China and Mexico) then sweep the streets of drug users.

8 posted on 07/07/2023 6:35:05 PM PDT by llevrok (Pronouns: Me/myself/& I)
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Once again, I’m gonna miss out. I don’t get Multnonahs tin foil or straws and I didn’t get Bidens free crack pipe giveaway(and I really need a new one). They really have it in for me.


9 posted on 07/07/2023 6:37:35 PM PDT by BipolarBob (The Supreme Court just ruled that Family Restaurant doesn't have to serve orphans.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Great. Just what we need. More “opioid” deaths. Just in time so a city or state can sue Walmart for prescription pain med “abuse”. We are so doomed.


10 posted on 07/07/2023 6:48:41 PM PDT by midwest_hiker
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To: aimhigh

This how to recruit the people needed to keep Portland weird.


11 posted on 07/07/2023 6:55:33 PM PDT by Retain Mike ( Sat Cong)
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To: aimhigh

Isn’t there a link between ingesting aluminum and Alzheimer’s?


12 posted on 07/07/2023 7:00:17 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again," )
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To: aimhigh

What do conspiracy theorists get?


13 posted on 07/07/2023 7:09:31 PM PDT by Lisbon1940 (I don’t see why they would)
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To: ClearCase_guy; COUNTrecount; Nowhere Man; FightThePower!; C. Edmund Wright; jacob allen; ...
The government wants to disarm us after 247 yrs 'cuz they plan to do are doing things we would shoot them for!

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14 posted on 07/07/2023 7:14:56 PM PDT by null and void (Conspiracies so outlandish they can't be true, but it turns out that they are.)
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To: Lisbon1940
What do conspiracy theorists get?

Heartburn.

15 posted on 07/07/2023 7:16:44 PM PDT by null and void (Conspiracies so outlandish they can't be true, but it turns out that they are.)
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To: aimhigh

Absolute insanity


16 posted on 07/07/2023 7:17:39 PM PDT by Nifster ( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: Retain Mike

Recruit them and immediately OD ‘em.


17 posted on 07/07/2023 7:17:53 PM PDT by bgill
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To: llevrok

Well the feds need to protect Hunter


18 posted on 07/07/2023 7:22:30 PM PDT by Nifster ( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: aimhigh

What utter madness! Did Xi pay for the program?


19 posted on 07/07/2023 7:23:48 PM PDT by toddausauras (Trump Lake 2024....Go down swinging!)
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To: aimhigh

They are trying to keep their VOTERS alive just enough to vote.


20 posted on 07/07/2023 7:29:41 PM PDT by marychesnutfan
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