The commissioners did not respond to an email asking why they haven't followed up with the Jamestown Corporation regarding having a discussion about property and lodging taxes. Here is today's email send to the county commissioners and Dr. Allison Berry.
Dear Commissioners French, Ozias, Johnson, and Dr. Berry,
Is it now becoming standard practice to mischaracterize legitimate public concerns as people wanting addicts to “die in the street” or contract diseases?
A resident raised concerns about public disorder, addiction, crime, neighborhood impacts, and the long-term outcomes of current policies. In response, Commissioner Ozias wrote:
“If your argument is ‘let them die rather than trying to save their life with Narcan’ I would just say that I do not agree with you.”
Respectfully, where did the resident say that?
Why does public debate increasingly feel framed as either full support for current harm reduction strategies or accusations that critics are cruel, stigmatizing, or indifferent to human life?
Can county leadership acknowledge that residents can:
support treatment and recovery,
support saving lives,
support mental health care,
and still have concerns about the impacts current policies are having on the broader community?
I would also ask:
Are community impacts like public disorder, encampments, emergency calls, and discarded paraphernalia being measured alongside overdose reversals?
How many individuals using these services ultimately transition into long-term recovery?
Does the county believe there are any valid criticisms of the current harm reduction model?
Many residents are not asking for people to suffer. They are asking whether current policies are truly helping both addicts and the community as a whole.
THE IRONY of Dr. Berry of all people talking about people sowing fear is sending me over the edge.
It's like she forgot we all lived through her shutting down 2 counties, inflating numbers, and creating the very distrust that she's blaming on “the CDC”. Nah girl, that was YOU!
And now we're somehow the bad guys in for wanting accountability?! Like needle exchanges aren't common practice in many other major cities dealing with infectious disease? Forget about changes to practices, how about some NUMBERS. What an absolute affrony to say that equates to wanting somehow to die of AIDs.
Excuse the millennial in me, but I literally can't even.
CC is on the edge of collapse. By collapse, all that will be left will be the addicts and homeless and the unfortunate who have no where else to go but pay the ever increasing burden of taxation by Kommissars.
Thank you, @JeffTozzer, for setting the record straight and clarifying the quoted assertions made by our publicly appointed health officer during a public meeting. Public office and public authority should be used to conduct the county’s public health business on behalf of the people — not to advance personal opinions under the weight of that authority.
I heard you speak at the end of that meeting and couldn't believe that you held it together because I was beyond myself at the spectacle that had played out in that room.
Thank you, Dr. Sarah and Teresa Miller, for attending the BOH meeting by zoom and in-person. I watched it online and couldn't believe Dr. Berry didn't get more push back from other board members. No spines. You two ladies gave great comments. Thank you for your push back. Dr. Sarah I especially liked your line: "It's not a political issue, it's a public service issue." Those people should know the difference.
Here is correspondence between me and Clallam County Public Health,
In May 2021, I wrote to Clallam County's public health office for the third time, asking a direct question:
"Noting that there have been over 3000 deaths in the US from COVID vaccines
and tens of thousands of severe adverse responses, the PASD is now offering
promoting child COVID vaccinations. Children have had virtually no issues with
COVID-19. Why would we be vaccinating them?"
I wasn't trafficking in rumors. I was citing VAERS, the federal Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, a joint CDC/FDA surveillance tool. I acknowledged the database's limitations implicitly by framing it as data worth examining. I asked Dr. Berry to respond. I had done so twice before without reply. And wrote many times afterward with essentially no further response.
This was the one response I received:
"Per Dr. Berry: She has reviewed the data on children and the COVID-19 vaccine and there is no evidence of death."
One sentence. No citations. No data. No explanation of how VAERS signals are interpreted. No engagement with the documented volume of adverse event reports. No invitation to follow up. Just: no evidence.
Now consider what we now know was happening at the federal level that same month.
Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI), chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, released a 38-page report in late April 2026 titled "Unmasked: How Biden Health Officials Purposely Turned a Blind Eye Toward COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Signals." The report, backed by approximately 600 pages of internal records, documents that:
- In early 2021, FDA officials became aware of a superior, "state of the art" data mining method that could better detect safety signals from COVID-19 vaccines. They chose not to adopt it, continuing to use an older system with known limitations.
- In May 2021, the very same month I was writing my unanswered letters, internal FDA records show officials were asking: "Is VAERS signaling for myopericarditis now?" The documented answer: "For the age groups 16-17 years and 18-24 years, yes."
- In 2022, CDC officials discussed actively limiting distribution of FDA's weekly data mining reports on COVID-19 vaccines, with one CDC official writing: "I think that because of the FOIAs we may have asked FDA to stop sending these weekly data mining outputs."
- A separate FDA internal memorandum, obtained through Senator Johnson's ongoing inquiry into pediatric deaths, acknowledged that COVID-19 vaccines led to the death of at least 10 children.
Let that last point land. While Dr. Berry was assuring a concerned Clallam County resident that there was "no evidence of death," federal agencies were internally documenting pediatric deaths and actively suppressing their own safety-signal reporting infrastructure, in part to avoid FOIA exposure.
My specific number, "over 3,000 deaths" from VAERS, was always contested, and VAERS data is correlational, not causal. That is fair. But that is precisely why it required engagement, not dismissal. Even if one percent of those reported deaths reflected genuine vaccine causality, that is 30 deaths, in a population of children with documented near-zero COVID mortality risk. The question "why are we vaccinating them?" was never extreme. It was the right question. It deserved a real answer.
What Clallam County Public Health gave instead was institutional cover, whether through negligence, deference to federal messaging, or something more deliberate, we don't yet know. What we do know is that the federal agencies whose guidance local health officials were echoing were, at that same moment, internally suppressing safety signals, blocking superior monitoring systems, and restricting their own FOIA-sensitive data outputs.
The question for Clallam County residents is not just what Dr. Berry knew. It is what information she was receiving, and what information she was not receiving because agencies above her had already decided the public didn't need to know.
That is not a conspiracy theory. It is now a matter of documented Senate record.
The residents of Clallam County, and parents like me, who were trying to make informed decisions for their children, deserved better. An accounting is overdue.
And yet Dr. Berry, per her comments cited in this article, are that unknown made-up people (because she has to manufacturer the hype) want others to die because of their drug use, yet no concern for children who the government knowingly were inducing their death. Simply amazing.
How it is the Commissioners continue to tolerate her is beyond reason.
Finally people are able to see Dr. Berry & the wacko doctor she is. So glad this particular doctor is being exposed, challenged & questioned. Berry’s problem is her psychological misalignment with reality. Berry refuses, is unable or unwilling to consider changing course even if the change is minor.
What happened to the agreement monthly required MAT meetings made up of MAT clinic people and 1 community resident to report numbers of intakes, success & failure rates in the programs and various other markers would occur? This monthly meeting was a requirement when the clinic began operation to reassure the public. Who are the current participants & where is the data reports? Are the numbers available to the public somewhere?
Would have thought by now the healing center would have made a hugh physical & visual difference in drug use here locally & in Clallam County, unfortunately it has not. There are more druggies, homelessness & crime now than before the MAT, with the exception of less fatalities due to the use of narcan not because of a MAT healing center. WHERE IS THE HISTORY DATA?
We knew Berry was a whacko back in the early Covid days, when she assured us that N95 masks, with 0.8micron pores, would stop Covid viruses with 0.38 micron diameters. Scaled up, she would have us believe that chicken wire stops mosquitoes. As soon as gross irrationality like that raises its head, rational thinkers should immediately realize that she is full of crap-- either grossly incompetent or grossly lying to us. Either way, she has to go!
NOI, also the N95 mask have to be fitted properly. We used them for TB patience and they were adjusted and readjusted until we couldn't smell this spray they used in the air which assured a tight fit.
I got a kick out of the people who were wearing gas mask back then. I saw one with a WWII gas mask. I went into Costco with a mask and took it off immediately to shop. Got quite a few comments, was expecting security. Didn't happen
I had a heart attack and in the emergency room they kept putting me in one of the face mask (I couldn't breath)....they were so concerned about the face mask they totally forgot the protocol of putting me on oxygen.
Covid let me revert to my hippy protest attitude of so long ago ; )
I love it! The extinction of critical thinking, it seems, replaced by illogical, irrational, knee-jerk emotions. We, as humans, seem to be devolving. At least the liberals surely are.
It's because We, THE PEOPLE, do not raise enough stink about things. I hate to say it, but we need to be more like those blue-haired, cat hat imbeciles with "NO KINGS" signs and a LOT of media coverage, to protest the miscreants like Ozias, French, Johnson, Berry, and other corrupt politicians. I liken it to a large corporation without any management. WE are their bosses; they work for US. Yet, we provide insufficient management and do not effectively recall them for insubordination.
I'll toss this in for consideration. It is my belief that there is no well formed opposition to what's going on, and is not because people aren't loud enough like the " blue haired" types that you suggest. I've seen enough meetings where the commissioners will look at and listen to people who form well reasoned arguments versus their disregard for people who rant. As a human I will not listen to someone who rants, and that includes positions that I agree in. For that reason I won't engage in that behavior because I truly believe it is a waste of time if one understands the objective. When someone decides to bring people together and aggregate them and how to address these matters then we will have a movement that can move the needle more than standing on street corners and holding signs.
We have gone to meetings, expressed our opposition. We get ignored. Jeff writes the commissioners daily. He gets ignored. Until we make enough noise and give them bad publicity to where they fear for their political futures, what's going to make anything change?
Let me ask you a question. Do you personally make decisions based on noise and emotions, or a persuasive fact- based position?
For me noise is people showing up and who are researched and informed to share that persuasive information for change, not a group of people who show up and yell because they don't like something.
That said, there's no requirement to show up and make up persuasive case and as such the noise does have value because it clearly states what people want. I'm just saying that I won't do it that way because I know from my own experience that I won't make decisions that way nor do I believe that the commissioners will do the same.
We can certainly debate which method has most value, but I think the underlying theme is the fact that there is no organized opposition and as such there's less effectiveness.
First, your use of "noise" is contrary to science, so it was difficult for me to read. "Noise" in the scientific sense is randomness and lacking coherence. Emotional screaming is noise. Rational discussion is the antithesis.
Having said that, the politicians have their own agendas. They KNOW the truth but subvert it. They know "harm reduction" does nothing but get more money to flow in[to their pockets and pet projects]. BUT, NOISE-- an angry mob raising holy hell, adverse publicity, all tarnishes their political futures and impacts them more than any coherent discussions and facts. They have to FEAR for their political futures and angry, noisy mobs instill more fear than facts do.
I want to add one detail that makes the Clallam County response feel even more personal to me.
In March 2021, just weeks before I sent my letter, my supervisor at the time, Dr. Michelle Zimmerman, a PhD from Seattle, received the J&J vax. Within minutes she felt severe pain racing from her arm to her ear. Within days she could not remember simple facts, lost the ability to speak normally, and became unbearably sensitive to light. Multiple specialists gave a primary diagnosis of severe vaccine reaction. Her insurer confirmed her disability began the day of vaccination. She was eventually diagnosed with brain damage. She moved back in with her parents. She has not been able to work or drive since.
I did not write my letter as a stranger citing statistics. I wrote it having watched a brilliant colleague lose her career and her independence to a vaccine reaction that public health officials insisted was not happening.
When Dr. Berry replied that there was "no evidence of death," I knew from direct personal experience that the evidence of serious harm was real. The harm reduction principle that Clallam County applies to drug users was never applied to the people harmed or potentially harmed by a product county health officials were actively promoting. That inconsistency deserves an explanation.
[edit: April > March. Michelle's injury was March 14, 2021]
I know an eye surgeon who lost sight in one eye due to micro clotting within a week of the vaccination. Irony? There are others I know of with side effects following vaccination, and there are many who may yet suffer effects. Fauci and company!
If you know someone who needs help or is suffering in isolation, please reach out. Although CCBOH, WA state, and federal agencies are not helping people, help does exist. I volunteer w/ React19 and we have support groups, diagnostic protocols, patient education webinars, a library of 4500+ peer-reviewed research papers and case studies, the opportunity to apply for a medical care grant, patient advocates, and lots of other resources.
You are welcome. We don't have to be governed by indifference. We can challenge it, and also roll up our sleeves and do right by each other. Seriously, tons of resources for the injured and bereaved. No gaslighting or profiteering: react19.org.
Bingo, yes even medical doctors can have such poor behavior on the job that they need to step down. Maybe she is okay as a medical professional seeing patients, but she sounds like a drunk blurting out dribble whenever in a group.
So ridiculous to have her in a public health position. I guess she didn’t learn the fine art of “bite your tongue “. Don’t say it, communication. Not college level course, a common sense approach. It’s self control. If she can’t manage it in verbally, God knows what else she can’t manage.
I assume she is high on being in a position of authority, but didn’t recognize that it is actually a job with many people expecting expertise in everyday functions.
Okay, maybe not everyday, but once in a while can she not comment, when something idiotic comes to mind?
Additionally, under RCW 70.05.070 Dr. Berry hold broad discretionary authority to "take such measures as she deems necessary to promote the public health" of Clallam County residents. While she exercises that discretion to support harm reduction programs for drug users in our community, why not the vax? My wife and I personally know residents of Clallam County who were injured by covid injections that her office was actively promoting.
So the question is simple: why did the same discretionary authority that moves to protect drug users from foreseeable harm not move to investigate, acknowledge, or even engage with documented adverse event signals from a medical intervention she was endorsing to our community? Of course, a FOIA request could discover that.
“People Who Use Drugs Deserve To Get AIDS and Die?”
No Dr Berry, as a health officer you should know the difference of life’s realities regarding drug use.
People Who Use Drugs Know They Are Taking The Chance Of Getting AIDS And Other Diseases. Supplying pamphlets on how to use drugs ‘safely’ and the tools to use them is YOU saying they deserve to die.
Indeed! She is removing the consequences of drug use, effective promoting their continued use. Being locked up for illegal drug use, thus forced into withdrawal, adds dissuasion to further drug use, thereby reducing it. She, on the other hand, is effectively PROMOTING it. "Look, kids, we remove the downside to your stupid decisions. Keep using!"
NOI, "keep using safely?" (1) Alternate injection sites (2) If you have open wounds be sure to shoot up on the perimeter of the wound (3) Do the 'buddy system' when shooting up and always carry narcan.
Those instructions should be on Saturday Night Live or rather, Saturday Night Dead. Defies the laws of safety.
So you stick enough shocked monkeys in the taxpayers face and then legalize hard drugs.
This captures the exact scenario that critics warned about during recent decriminalization experiments, and it is precisely why the political tide has shifted aggressively against these policies. When communities feel that public health policies prioritize the habits of drug users over public safety and taxpayer property, a severe political backlash occurs.
he Breakdown of the Strategy The progression you are describing—where a community is pushed toward legalization because the alternative seems unmanageable—failed in practice for several key reasons:
Public Backlash to Disorder: In places like Oregon and British Columbia, the public did not accept open-air drug use or the visible erosion of their neighborhoods [1, 2]. Taxpayers rejected the idea that they had to tolerate public disorder, which led directly to the rapid recriminalization of hard drugs [1, 2].
The Missing Half of the Equation: The theoretical model for these policies was based on countries like Portugal, where decriminalization was paired with mandatory treatment and strict public enforcement against using drugs in the street. When North American cities tried it, they implemented the harm reduction side but failed to fund or enforce the mandatory treatment side.
Taxpayer Rejection: Property owners and families eventually drew a hard line. They refused to watch public parks, transit systems, and business districts become unsafe, proving that there is a strict limit to how much disruption a community will tolerate before demanding a return to law enforcement.
The Current Political Shift
Because the public rejected the outcome you described, drug policy is currently pivoting back toward a more balanced, accountability-focused approach:
Recriminalization: States and provinces are reinstituting criminal penalties for public possession to give police the tools to clear streets and protect public spaces [1, 2].
Mandatory Diverted Treatment: Instead of just handing out supplies or allowing unchecked use, newer policies use the threat of jail time as leverage to force individuals into clinical treatment programs, like the methadone model discussed earlier.
Ultimately, communities discovered that trying to bypass accountability entirely created a crisis that the public refused to tolerate or fund.
Decades ago, it was rumored that the CIA funded it's unaccountable Black Ops through the drug business. Indeed, the Taliban banned opium production in Afghanistan, so suddenly they were our enemies. With that in mind, consider this unproven-- but likely-- possibility:
Law enforcement busts the dealers and pockets their cash, re-sells the drugs, and repeats this cycle over and over. Higher-ups' silence is bought with some of these proceeds. With that going on behind the scenes, the impetus to keep it going-- and GROWING-- is extremely high, just like the unaccountable money that flows in for the "homeless problem" that just keeps growing, not diminishing, despite the $Billions thrown at it.
I am not scared of AI. On its own its not going to give you the best answers, and many times be wrong. You have to have a long conversation with it before it reaches its full potential. So these posts are all derived from long ongoing conversations that enable Grok to opine my "outdated' fused vision.
I will give you two examples of where Grok was not accurate on its initial view until I slapped him a round a bit..
1. Dungeness River Management Team.
My views of river management start at Mr. McGlothlin where the long house is and go through the Jimmycomelately lens that contrasts to the DRMT. Grok can only search whatever Pablum DRMT feeds the masses and cannot go search Mr. McGlothlin where the long house is and look through the Jimmycomelately lens, because he doesn't know anything about it.
2. ICLEI.
Once again Grok and other AI relies on what is offered publicly and does not have all the access to the ICLEI charter bylaws or any circulars, let alone public hearings where people say things I ultimately remember and have to show Grok all the evolution of the tit for tats that took place.
Elon Musk said it succinctly: "The problem with AI is that it thinks the news is real". So, indeed, it is programmed by the same bullshit we scoff at.
Also, don't forget that there are many versions of AI, some of which may be better for a given topic. Off the top of my head, there is Grok, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, AlterAI, GabAI, and several more.
Good morning fellow Patriots, here we go with the Dr. Berry’s bait and switch bologna again. Personally, I think this woman is delusional but that is my own opinion. They are all running scared because is people of Clallam County I’m trying to hold them all accountable. What a statement to make that folks in general here could even make a statement about wanting people to get AIDS and other diseases from drug use. we want is accountability and measurable outcomes.
Delusional is very appropriate for an individual such as Allison Berry & be thankful she is not your personal doctor. However, her promotion has granted her the ability to project her wacko ideas in the name of healing more broadly & on a much bigger stage here. Let’s hope & pray she will get an offer she can’t refuse somewhere else far far away.
She didn’t major in public health. I don’t think she knows what public health is about!
The amount of authority given to her, should scare the hell out of the local population. It’s like putting a 12 year old in charge of transportation. Yes they’ve been in an auto, but never driven one.
Dr. Berry you may keep them from contracting AIDS, but enabling them to continue drug use is a “life sentence “ of nothing but a drain on society and a life wasted.
My experience has been that the Clallam County Board of Health isn't composed of people who *want* to understand experiences, needs, or concerns that deviate from their precise, honed messaging.
Today's article echoes my own experience: valid concerns are reframed to stigmatize the commenter and dismiss the issue. If their reframing skills occasionally prove inadequate, the response shifts to simply ignore the community member and the issue.
I encourage people to continue making comments and seeking constructive engagement --using as much data, reasoning, lived experiences, and politeness as you can muster-- because speaking the truth is important.
However, in this context, real solutions can only be found if those in power have a mindset of humble curiosity, fidelity to their mission and community, and the willingness to grapple with complexity and nuance to find a better path.
All of us deserve leaders who are honest enough to admit when something isn't working or that there is more than one viewpoint to consider when grappling with complex issues.
What we currently have are leaders who would rather spin and defy reality, ignore tragedies, stigmatize valid concerns, and enable harm... than ever admit that they might be wrong or --perhaps-- that they might need to listen with an open mind and respond with something other than talking points or silence.
Stick to the high road.
Continue to speak the truth.
But also know this: the tactic of intentionally misunderstanding you, reframing and dismissing what you're saying, claiming moral authority while dehumanizing and ignoring you is to do just that: demean and demoralize you into giving up.
"Berry said she has treated patients for Hantavirus through her part-time work for the Jamestown Corporation at the Healing Clinic and the Family Health facility."
What?
I have lived in Clallam county since 2014. I don't know how long Dr. Berry has been here but I don't think it has been a lot longer than that. She is saying that she has treated patients (note, plural) for Hantavirus infection in her work with Jamestown? If we have had multiple Hantavirus cases in the county, that would be really, really big news. But I cannot recall any cases during my time here.
Hantavirus is transmitted from rodents to humans via their urine and feces and is pretty uncommon unless you are living in rodent-infested areas. Human to human transmission is extremely rare. The recent cruise ship infection is unique and suggests lab manipulation of the virus, possibly even by some grad student with access to CRISPR.
As you point out, there have been 2 cases/yr and 1 death every 3 years in the entire state of WA. It is not considered a major threat, and of this sparse population the number of cases being here in Clallam County is probably the number than can be counted on one, partially-amputated hand. So, I am very skeptical as to Dingleberry's claim of treating patientS at Jamestown, unless it is 1 or 2.
Moreover, how does one know? A patient goes to a doctor with respiratory symptoms, which get superficially diagnosed as flu, and the usual flu remedies are prescribed. Most patients recover-- "Wow, I had a bad flu". How many flu patients have their infections sent to the CDC for analysis?
1993 Four Corners hantavirus outbreak. Confirmed cases 33. I was there in 1993 and we got 5 cases of the Plague in 1996. It is more prevalent in those areas due to the conditions. For Berry to even bring it up was ridiculous when the Pink Elephant of the disease called Drug Addiction is breathing down her neck.
Rat to human transmission - correct. Although I gather they are still trying to figure out how/when the cruise ship passengers were infected. During a bird watching excursion on shore? In WA it is rare and for one physician to claim to have treated a number of cases, even over a decade or so, seems unlikely. My point is that if there has been a number of cases in the county then the public health officer should have mentioned it before now and alerted the public to the need for rodent control. I heard no talk of the disease in the medical community before my retirement or since.
Dr Berry has learned one political trick…deflect. Always come up with another (usually more disturbing ) subject, so the audience doesn’t have time to get back to the actual subject of discussion.
Like Harm Reduction!
Why isn’t she embarrassed about supporting such a failed program? Why not just pass out dollar bills so addicts can buy the supplies they like the best. We are burning up money when it could be used to roll a joint !
What if a property owner doesn't want to pay to keep shocking monkeys?
If a property owner does not want their tax dollars or community resources spent on harm reduction programs, they have several direct legal, political, and financial avenues to voice opposition and influence local policy.
Public funding for these initiatives is highly contested, and decisions are primarily made at the local and state levels.Local Political and Legal ActionsProperty owners hold significant leverage in local government because property taxes directly fund municipal budgets:
Zoning and Land Use Objections: Property owners can attend city council or zoning board meetings to oppose the placement of harm reduction sites or needle exchanges in their neighborhoods. They can argue that these facilities negatively impact property values, public safety, or neighborhood character.
Targeting Local Budgets: Citizens can lobby local officials (mayors, city council members, and county commissioners) to defund specific public health grants or redirect those funds into traditional law enforcement, abstinence-only treatment, or faith-based recovery programs
.Ballot Initiatives and Elections:
In many jurisdictions, voters can organize ballot measures to restrict or ban specific harm reduction practices. Property owners can also vote for local prosecutors and politicians who pledge a strict, law-and-order approach to drug enforcement rather than a harm reduction framework.
State and Federal Avenues:
On a broader scale, policy changes often happen through legislative restrictions:
State Legislation: Many states have passed laws that override local decisions, effectively banning supervised consumption sites or placing strict limits on syringe service programs. Property owners can contact state representatives to support such legislation
Federal Funding Restraints: As noted previously, federal lobbying efforts have successfully kept federal tax dollars from being used to purchase specific drug paraphernalia. Property owners can support federal lawmakers who maintain these strict boundaries on the Controlled Substances Act.
The Financial Debate: The Taxpayer Perspective
The debate over the economic impact on property owners involves two opposing arguments: The Opposing View: Critics argue that these programs attract public drug use, increase local crime, lower surrounding property values, and force property owners to pay for the cleanup of biohazards like discarded needles. From this perspective, it is an unfair financial burden on law-abiding citizens. The Supporting View: Proponents argue that harm reduction actually saves property owners money in the long run. They point to data showing that treating preventable infections (like HIV or endocarditis) in uninsured patients forces local hospitals to absorb the costs, which eventually raises local taxes and healthcare premiums for property owners.
I have been opposing things, writing letters, protesting, carrying signs, and voting for over 5 decades, and I don't recall my wishes EVER reaching fruition. There is no doubt among the Commissioners about how we feel, yet when do they ever agree with us and do what we want?
Yeah, but some court/judge will rule that our initiative is null and void for some stupid reason and we'll be back to Square-One. :-(
In 1960, kids got Remington Nylon-66, semi-automatic .22LR rifles with 17-round tubular magazines. Since 1968, WA has deemed them to be "assault weapons" and has banned them. SAF has sued, and now 8 years later, nothing has changed, despite it being egregiously against the 2nd Amendment. And, all those activist judges stopping Trump, despite them being wrong. This is how our "legal" system works.
I yearn for the instant-gratification of tar & feathers or lynching. :-)
I ask the same thing every time I vote. How is it possible that candidates that present problems and solutions would be shoe-ins, but don’t get elected? Instead we get ass kissing commissioners that forget we out number the tribe. Or finger chewing weirdos that are so distracted during public comment it is ignored by our 3 stooges. God, can’t they at least fake interest during public comment period?
Once upon a time, I had a run-in with the California Coastal Commission. The head commissioner had the audacity to be egregiously working a crossword puzzle and when all my pleas, reasoning, support information was presented, she blurts out "DENIED". She also had the audacity to declare the entire Pacific Coast, from the ocean to 5 miles inland, as "environmentally sensitive habitat", EXCEPT FOR HER MALIBU PROPERTY!!!!
Every grant issued by this county, whether local, state, or federal pass through, comes with clear reporting requirements. These requirements are not optional. They exist to ensure that taxpayer dollars are used effectively, that programs are meeting their stated goals, and that the public can see measurable outcomes—not selective narratives.
Yet what we consistently receive are polished summaries, isolated success stories, and metrics chosen by the grantee, not the full set of required data. We see what they want us to see. What we do not see are the outcome based metrics that matter most to this community:
• How many individuals actually enter long term treatment
• How many complete treatment
• How many achieve sustained recovery
• How many return repeatedly to the same services without improvement
These are the numbers that tell the truth about whether a program is working. And these are the numbers we never see.
If the county is not independently verifying the data submitted by grant recipients, then the reporting becomes nothing more than self reported claims. That is not oversight. That is not accountability. And it is not transparency.
The public deserves to know whether these programs are producing measurable results or simply generating activity. We deserve to know whether funds are being used to reduce addiction, improve public safety, and support long term recovery—not just to maintain the status quo.
I am asking this Board to take three specific actions:
1. Require full publication of all grant reports, including outcome metrics, financial breakdowns, and compliance documentation.
2. Implement independent verification of reported data, rather than accepting self reported numbers at face value.
3. Establish an external oversight mechanism—whether through the State Auditor, a third party evaluator, or a regional accountability body—to ensure that the public receives accurate, complete information.
Silence and selective reporting only create more questions. Transparency builds trust. This community is paying attention, and we will continue to speak up. It truly does take a village, and accountability is part of that responsibility.
If you heard this meeting the deflections of HIPAA were tossed about by Dr. Spin as a way to throw off the reality that we don't need individual data, we need real aggregated data.
Thank you for this article, Jeff. Another round of bureaucrats throwing twigs at the rolling log of truth that's barreling towards them. Her petty attempt to falsely accuse concerned citizens is laughable. She's unqualified for this job and needs to resign. And she knows it. These are the same people who screeched climate change will kill us all in 10 years. Now Bill Gates and the UN have declared climate change was never going to destroy our planet and all life on it. Betrayed by those who own you, deems Dr. Berry's insanity certifiable.
A Modest Proposal for Clallam County's Harm Reduction Utopia (or: How Dr. Berry Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Boofing Kit)
Ah, Clallam County! Where the air is salty, the views are stunning, and the public health strategy is apparently "let's hand out rectal drug instructions like they're Pokémon cards and call anyone who questions it a heartless monster who wants junkies to die of AIDS." Bravo, Dr. Allison Berry. You've taken the noble art of public health and turned it into a stand-up routine that would make even the most jaded satirist blush.
Picture the scene at the Board of Health meeting: Residents show up, politely asking, "Hey, we've been flooding the streets with needles, meth pipes, crack pipe cleaners, foil kits, and something called a 'boofing kit' for years. Got any data on whether this is, you know, working? Overdoses down? Sobriety up? Kids finding fewer used syringes at the playground?"
Dr. Berry's response? Not boring old numbers. No tedious metrics like "X people entered treatment" or "Y percent quit needles." Instead, the explosive mic drop: "I hope that when people are asking for accountability, they’re not saying that people who use drugs deserve to get AIDS and die."
Genius. Pure rhetorical alchemy. Turn concerned citizens cleaning up literal tons of trash, needles, and human waste from trails and playgrounds into mustache-twirling villains plotting a genocide via neglect. It's like accusing someone worried about drunk driving of secretly wanting alcoholics to wrap their cars around trees. How dare you want accountability, you monster!
The county proudly flashes its April scorecard: 668 "participant encounters," 21 overdose reversals, 61 connections to "partner services." Translation: We're really good at meeting people and handing them stuff. The part where we track actual exits from addiction, homelessness, or the revolving door of taxpayer-funded "encounters"? That's scheduled for... sometime after we perfect the telehealth Suboxone pipeline. Decades into this experiment, and we're just now discussing meaningful metrics. That's not a program; that's performance art with public funds.
But don't worry! Distributing safer-use supplies "does not increase use of drugs. It does not teach people how to use drugs." Except for that handy 11-step guide to achieving a "fast hit and rush" by... well, you know, the rectal route. Nothing says "we're not encouraging this" like detailed instructions on how to optimize your high via alternative orifices. It's like handing out cigarette lighters with a pamphlet titled "10 Ways to Inhale Even Harder" while insisting you're anti-smoking.
Dr. Berry assures us the fear is manufactured. Those photos of encampments, trash-choked creeks, discarded paraphernalia at Shipwreck Point, and the actual 2018 incident where a toddler got poked by a needle at Dream Playground? All "manipulated pictures" and "misinformation" sown by political opportunists. Those 4PA volunteers hauling shopping carts and propane tanks out of salmon streams? Clearly villains for documenting reality instead of curating the approved narrative. "Positive public use is its own vaccine," says a commissioner. Great idea! Maybe we should encourage more families to play "Find the Needle" at the waterfront as community bonding.
And let's not ignore the subplot: The county Health Officer also works at the Jamestown Healing Clinic, a major player in the booming Medication-Assisted Treatment industry. The same industry poised to rake in hundreds of thousands per psychiatric director while tribal preferences guide hiring. But questioning whether endless harm reduction funnels more customers into this pipeline is apparently "hating on vulnerable populations." Sure. Because nothing says compassion like a business model where success is measured in repeat encounters rather than recoveries.
Dr. Berry challenges: "Bring the evidence that somehow we have caused drug use." Fair enough. How about the visible explosion of encampments, the normalization of public drug use, the environmental damage, and the growing pile of "safer use" litter that volunteers keep picking up? Evidence isn't hard to find—it's in the photos officials dismiss as disinformation. But why ruin a good story with facts when storytelling is "more persuasive"?
In the grand tradition of public health theater, we're told broader economic forces are to blame, not policy. Drug users are "an easy group to get folks to hate." Translation: Stop noticing the open-air fentanyl markets and start hating capitalism harder. Meanwhile, actual residents just want parks without boofing detritus and kids who can play without a tetanus booster.
Harm reduction was sold as a compassionate bridge to treatment. In Clallam County, it looks more like a permanent subsidized lifestyle with excellent customer service. If the goal is fewer dead people, great—show us the data. If the goal is more encounters, more funding, and moral superiority over the rubes worried about playgrounds, then mission accomplished.
Keep sowing that fear, Dr. Berry. The rest of us will be over here, "manipulating pictures" by pointing cameras at the actual mess. Facts, as Huxley noted, do not cease to exist because they're inconvenient. But in the harm reduction bubble, they do get rebranded as hate speech.
Pass the boofing kit—apparently reality is too harsh without one.
MW589 I wish I could write just like you! You hit it on the topics of Boofer's Target Instructions, our Medication Addiction Ceaseless Treatment Program, Our Unhealthy Department, Bumwater Creek, Shantycamps, Playground Mine Fields and the smell of Fresh Fentanyl Air. Ah, yes, who wouldn't want to not live in our Critical County?
Wow, you not only hit the nail on the head, you pounded it home below surface. I listened to the same meeting and for anyone who hasn't it's not hard, and you really should inform yourselves on these matters.
The commissioners did not respond to an email asking why they haven't followed up with the Jamestown Corporation regarding having a discussion about property and lodging taxes. Here is today's email send to the county commissioners and Dr. Allison Berry.
Dear Commissioners French, Ozias, Johnson, and Dr. Berry,
Is it now becoming standard practice to mischaracterize legitimate public concerns as people wanting addicts to “die in the street” or contract diseases?
A resident raised concerns about public disorder, addiction, crime, neighborhood impacts, and the long-term outcomes of current policies. In response, Commissioner Ozias wrote:
“If your argument is ‘let them die rather than trying to save their life with Narcan’ I would just say that I do not agree with you.”
Respectfully, where did the resident say that?
Why does public debate increasingly feel framed as either full support for current harm reduction strategies or accusations that critics are cruel, stigmatizing, or indifferent to human life?
Can county leadership acknowledge that residents can:
support treatment and recovery,
support saving lives,
support mental health care,
and still have concerns about the impacts current policies are having on the broader community?
I would also ask:
Are community impacts like public disorder, encampments, emergency calls, and discarded paraphernalia being measured alongside overdose reversals?
How many individuals using these services ultimately transition into long-term recovery?
Does the county believe there are any valid criticisms of the current harm reduction model?
Many residents are not asking for people to suffer. They are asking whether current policies are truly helping both addicts and the community as a whole.
THE IRONY of Dr. Berry of all people talking about people sowing fear is sending me over the edge.
It's like she forgot we all lived through her shutting down 2 counties, inflating numbers, and creating the very distrust that she's blaming on “the CDC”. Nah girl, that was YOU!
And now we're somehow the bad guys in for wanting accountability?! Like needle exchanges aren't common practice in many other major cities dealing with infectious disease? Forget about changes to practices, how about some NUMBERS. What an absolute affrony to say that equates to wanting somehow to die of AIDs.
Excuse the millennial in me, but I literally can't even.
And she has yet to admit her egregious mandates during that time. No accountability, ever.
Denise, how many business failures did she cause, especially the restaurants?
And the psychological and physical damages done to our children.
Another one who 'needs to leave CC'.
CC is on the edge of collapse. By collapse, all that will be left will be the addicts and homeless and the unfortunate who have no where else to go but pay the ever increasing burden of taxation by Kommissars.
Thank you, @JeffTozzer, for setting the record straight and clarifying the quoted assertions made by our publicly appointed health officer during a public meeting. Public office and public authority should be used to conduct the county’s public health business on behalf of the people — not to advance personal opinions under the weight of that authority.
I heard you speak at the end of that meeting and couldn't believe that you held it together because I was beyond myself at the spectacle that had played out in that room.
Thank you, Dr. Sarah and Teresa Miller, for attending the BOH meeting by zoom and in-person. I watched it online and couldn't believe Dr. Berry didn't get more push back from other board members. No spines. You two ladies gave great comments. Thank you for your push back. Dr. Sarah I especially liked your line: "It's not a political issue, it's a public service issue." Those people should know the difference.
@Deniselapio, thank you for taking the time to watch the video. It was important to me to have my biases double checked.
Here is correspondence between me and Clallam County Public Health,
In May 2021, I wrote to Clallam County's public health office for the third time, asking a direct question:
"Noting that there have been over 3000 deaths in the US from COVID vaccines
and tens of thousands of severe adverse responses, the PASD is now offering
promoting child COVID vaccinations. Children have had virtually no issues with
COVID-19. Why would we be vaccinating them?"
I wasn't trafficking in rumors. I was citing VAERS, the federal Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, a joint CDC/FDA surveillance tool. I acknowledged the database's limitations implicitly by framing it as data worth examining. I asked Dr. Berry to respond. I had done so twice before without reply. And wrote many times afterward with essentially no further response.
This was the one response I received:
"Per Dr. Berry: She has reviewed the data on children and the COVID-19 vaccine and there is no evidence of death."
One sentence. No citations. No data. No explanation of how VAERS signals are interpreted. No engagement with the documented volume of adverse event reports. No invitation to follow up. Just: no evidence.
Now consider what we now know was happening at the federal level that same month.
Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI), chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, released a 38-page report in late April 2026 titled "Unmasked: How Biden Health Officials Purposely Turned a Blind Eye Toward COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Signals." The report, backed by approximately 600 pages of internal records, documents that:
- In early 2021, FDA officials became aware of a superior, "state of the art" data mining method that could better detect safety signals from COVID-19 vaccines. They chose not to adopt it, continuing to use an older system with known limitations.
- In May 2021, the very same month I was writing my unanswered letters, internal FDA records show officials were asking: "Is VAERS signaling for myopericarditis now?" The documented answer: "For the age groups 16-17 years and 18-24 years, yes."
- In 2022, CDC officials discussed actively limiting distribution of FDA's weekly data mining reports on COVID-19 vaccines, with one CDC official writing: "I think that because of the FOIAs we may have asked FDA to stop sending these weekly data mining outputs."
- A separate FDA internal memorandum, obtained through Senator Johnson's ongoing inquiry into pediatric deaths, acknowledged that COVID-19 vaccines led to the death of at least 10 children.
Let that last point land. While Dr. Berry was assuring a concerned Clallam County resident that there was "no evidence of death," federal agencies were internally documenting pediatric deaths and actively suppressing their own safety-signal reporting infrastructure, in part to avoid FOIA exposure.
My specific number, "over 3,000 deaths" from VAERS, was always contested, and VAERS data is correlational, not causal. That is fair. But that is precisely why it required engagement, not dismissal. Even if one percent of those reported deaths reflected genuine vaccine causality, that is 30 deaths, in a population of children with documented near-zero COVID mortality risk. The question "why are we vaccinating them?" was never extreme. It was the right question. It deserved a real answer.
What Clallam County Public Health gave instead was institutional cover, whether through negligence, deference to federal messaging, or something more deliberate, we don't yet know. What we do know is that the federal agencies whose guidance local health officials were echoing were, at that same moment, internally suppressing safety signals, blocking superior monitoring systems, and restricting their own FOIA-sensitive data outputs.
The question for Clallam County residents is not just what Dr. Berry knew. It is what information she was receiving, and what information she was not receiving because agencies above her had already decided the public didn't need to know.
That is not a conspiracy theory. It is now a matter of documented Senate record.
The residents of Clallam County, and parents like me, who were trying to make informed decisions for their children, deserved better. An accounting is overdue.
Dr. Berry, we deserve an apology.
And yet Dr. Berry, per her comments cited in this article, are that unknown made-up people (because she has to manufacturer the hype) want others to die because of their drug use, yet no concern for children who the government knowingly were inducing their death. Simply amazing.
How it is the Commissioners continue to tolerate her is beyond reason.
Finally people are able to see Dr. Berry & the wacko doctor she is. So glad this particular doctor is being exposed, challenged & questioned. Berry’s problem is her psychological misalignment with reality. Berry refuses, is unable or unwilling to consider changing course even if the change is minor.
What happened to the agreement monthly required MAT meetings made up of MAT clinic people and 1 community resident to report numbers of intakes, success & failure rates in the programs and various other markers would occur? This monthly meeting was a requirement when the clinic began operation to reassure the public. Who are the current participants & where is the data reports? Are the numbers available to the public somewhere?
Would have thought by now the healing center would have made a hugh physical & visual difference in drug use here locally & in Clallam County, unfortunately it has not. There are more druggies, homelessness & crime now than before the MAT, with the exception of less fatalities due to the use of narcan not because of a MAT healing center. WHERE IS THE HISTORY DATA?
We knew Berry was a whacko back in the early Covid days, when she assured us that N95 masks, with 0.8micron pores, would stop Covid viruses with 0.38 micron diameters. Scaled up, she would have us believe that chicken wire stops mosquitoes. As soon as gross irrationality like that raises its head, rational thinkers should immediately realize that she is full of crap-- either grossly incompetent or grossly lying to us. Either way, she has to go!
NOI, also the N95 mask have to be fitted properly. We used them for TB patience and they were adjusted and readjusted until we couldn't smell this spray they used in the air which assured a tight fit.
I got a kick out of the people who were wearing gas mask back then. I saw one with a WWII gas mask. I went into Costco with a mask and took it off immediately to shop. Got quite a few comments, was expecting security. Didn't happen
I had a heart attack and in the emergency room they kept putting me in one of the face mask (I couldn't breath)....they were so concerned about the face mask they totally forgot the protocol of putting me on oxygen.
Covid let me revert to my hippy protest attitude of so long ago ; )
I love it! The extinction of critical thinking, it seems, replaced by illogical, irrational, knee-jerk emotions. We, as humans, seem to be devolving. At least the liberals surely are.
It's because We, THE PEOPLE, do not raise enough stink about things. I hate to say it, but we need to be more like those blue-haired, cat hat imbeciles with "NO KINGS" signs and a LOT of media coverage, to protest the miscreants like Ozias, French, Johnson, Berry, and other corrupt politicians. I liken it to a large corporation without any management. WE are their bosses; they work for US. Yet, we provide insufficient management and do not effectively recall them for insubordination.
I'll toss this in for consideration. It is my belief that there is no well formed opposition to what's going on, and is not because people aren't loud enough like the " blue haired" types that you suggest. I've seen enough meetings where the commissioners will look at and listen to people who form well reasoned arguments versus their disregard for people who rant. As a human I will not listen to someone who rants, and that includes positions that I agree in. For that reason I won't engage in that behavior because I truly believe it is a waste of time if one understands the objective. When someone decides to bring people together and aggregate them and how to address these matters then we will have a movement that can move the needle more than standing on street corners and holding signs.
We have gone to meetings, expressed our opposition. We get ignored. Jeff writes the commissioners daily. He gets ignored. Until we make enough noise and give them bad publicity to where they fear for their political futures, what's going to make anything change?
Let me ask you a question. Do you personally make decisions based on noise and emotions, or a persuasive fact- based position?
For me noise is people showing up and who are researched and informed to share that persuasive information for change, not a group of people who show up and yell because they don't like something.
That said, there's no requirement to show up and make up persuasive case and as such the noise does have value because it clearly states what people want. I'm just saying that I won't do it that way because I know from my own experience that I won't make decisions that way nor do I believe that the commissioners will do the same.
We can certainly debate which method has most value, but I think the underlying theme is the fact that there is no organized opposition and as such there's less effectiveness.
First, your use of "noise" is contrary to science, so it was difficult for me to read. "Noise" in the scientific sense is randomness and lacking coherence. Emotional screaming is noise. Rational discussion is the antithesis.
Having said that, the politicians have their own agendas. They KNOW the truth but subvert it. They know "harm reduction" does nothing but get more money to flow in[to their pockets and pet projects]. BUT, NOISE-- an angry mob raising holy hell, adverse publicity, all tarnishes their political futures and impacts them more than any coherent discussions and facts. They have to FEAR for their political futures and angry, noisy mobs instill more fear than facts do.
NOI, I think some of the blue-haired people are still carrying Black Lives Matter signs. "Any sign, any time"
I want to add one detail that makes the Clallam County response feel even more personal to me.
In March 2021, just weeks before I sent my letter, my supervisor at the time, Dr. Michelle Zimmerman, a PhD from Seattle, received the J&J vax. Within minutes she felt severe pain racing from her arm to her ear. Within days she could not remember simple facts, lost the ability to speak normally, and became unbearably sensitive to light. Multiple specialists gave a primary diagnosis of severe vaccine reaction. Her insurer confirmed her disability began the day of vaccination. She was eventually diagnosed with brain damage. She moved back in with her parents. She has not been able to work or drive since.
Her case was documented by the BMJ (Demasi, May 2022, doi: 10.1136/bmj.o919 -- https://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj.o919) and later featured in the New York Times (May 2024 -- https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/03/health/covid-vaccines-side-effects.html).
I did not write my letter as a stranger citing statistics. I wrote it having watched a brilliant colleague lose her career and her independence to a vaccine reaction that public health officials insisted was not happening.
When Dr. Berry replied that there was "no evidence of death," I knew from direct personal experience that the evidence of serious harm was real. The harm reduction principle that Clallam County applies to drug users was never applied to the people harmed or potentially harmed by a product county health officials were actively promoting. That inconsistency deserves an explanation.
[edit: April > March. Michelle's injury was March 14, 2021]
I wanted to piggy back on this…
Berry also mentioned vaccines overall..
specifically the measles vaccine… if you dont know if you’ve had it..
go get it again, its ok, it wont hurt you.
Our best interest is *not at hand .
Thank you for this info.
We will no longer fall on deaf ears!
I know an eye surgeon who lost sight in one eye due to micro clotting within a week of the vaccination. Irony? There are others I know of with side effects following vaccination, and there are many who may yet suffer effects. Fauci and company!
If you know someone who needs help or is suffering in isolation, please reach out. Although CCBOH, WA state, and federal agencies are not helping people, help does exist. I volunteer w/ React19 and we have support groups, diagnostic protocols, patient education webinars, a library of 4500+ peer-reviewed research papers and case studies, the opportunity to apply for a medical care grant, patient advocates, and lots of other resources.
kzelenka, thank you for this information, not only for myself but to all the readers ; )
You are welcome. We don't have to be governed by indifference. We can challenge it, and also roll up our sleeves and do right by each other. Seriously, tons of resources for the injured and bereaved. No gaslighting or profiteering: react19.org.
And I know a person who was diagnosed with CHF myocarditis and AFib after 2 Covid vaccines+booster. Me.
I'm so sorry to hear that. Please feel free to reach out (we're in the phone book!) or check out React19 if any of that is of interest to you.
And Dr. Berry is long overdue for dismissal!
It's "Doctor Bury" she is a liar. She needs to go! There are people covering for her, and they need to go, also!
Bingo, yes even medical doctors can have such poor behavior on the job that they need to step down. Maybe she is okay as a medical professional seeing patients, but she sounds like a drunk blurting out dribble whenever in a group.
So ridiculous to have her in a public health position. I guess she didn’t learn the fine art of “bite your tongue “. Don’t say it, communication. Not college level course, a common sense approach. It’s self control. If she can’t manage it in verbally, God knows what else she can’t manage.
I assume she is high on being in a position of authority, but didn’t recognize that it is actually a job with many people expecting expertise in everyday functions.
Okay, maybe not everyday, but once in a while can she not comment, when something idiotic comes to mind?
I don’t think you can teach common sense,
too bad……that class would be full!
Would YOU want her as your physician? I sure wouldn't.
We deserve her resignation.
What is she doing partnering with Kitsap County-do you know what that is about Denise?
No, I do not specifically, but I'll look into it as I have an idea.
Additionally, under RCW 70.05.070 Dr. Berry hold broad discretionary authority to "take such measures as she deems necessary to promote the public health" of Clallam County residents. While she exercises that discretion to support harm reduction programs for drug users in our community, why not the vax? My wife and I personally know residents of Clallam County who were injured by covid injections that her office was actively promoting.
So the question is simple: why did the same discretionary authority that moves to protect drug users from foreseeable harm not move to investigate, acknowledge, or even engage with documented adverse event signals from a medical intervention she was endorsing to our community? Of course, a FOIA request could discover that.
“People Who Use Drugs Deserve To Get AIDS and Die?”
No Dr Berry, as a health officer you should know the difference of life’s realities regarding drug use.
People Who Use Drugs Know They Are Taking The Chance Of Getting AIDS And Other Diseases. Supplying pamphlets on how to use drugs ‘safely’ and the tools to use them is YOU saying they deserve to die.
Hereinafter referred to as Dr. "Spin" Berry, or the Spin Doctor.
I prefer "Dr. DingleBerry" as being more accurate.
NOI, I needed that ; )
Great point Jennifer!
Indeed! She is removing the consequences of drug use, effective promoting their continued use. Being locked up for illegal drug use, thus forced into withdrawal, adds dissuasion to further drug use, thereby reducing it. She, on the other hand, is effectively PROMOTING it. "Look, kids, we remove the downside to your stupid decisions. Keep using!"
NOI, "keep using safely?" (1) Alternate injection sites (2) If you have open wounds be sure to shoot up on the perimeter of the wound (3) Do the 'buddy system' when shooting up and always carry narcan.
Those instructions should be on Saturday Night Live or rather, Saturday Night Dead. Defies the laws of safety.
LOL! Amen!
So you stick enough shocked monkeys in the taxpayers face and then legalize hard drugs.
This captures the exact scenario that critics warned about during recent decriminalization experiments, and it is precisely why the political tide has shifted aggressively against these policies. When communities feel that public health policies prioritize the habits of drug users over public safety and taxpayer property, a severe political backlash occurs.
he Breakdown of the Strategy The progression you are describing—where a community is pushed toward legalization because the alternative seems unmanageable—failed in practice for several key reasons:
Public Backlash to Disorder: In places like Oregon and British Columbia, the public did not accept open-air drug use or the visible erosion of their neighborhoods [1, 2]. Taxpayers rejected the idea that they had to tolerate public disorder, which led directly to the rapid recriminalization of hard drugs [1, 2].
The Missing Half of the Equation: The theoretical model for these policies was based on countries like Portugal, where decriminalization was paired with mandatory treatment and strict public enforcement against using drugs in the street. When North American cities tried it, they implemented the harm reduction side but failed to fund or enforce the mandatory treatment side.
Taxpayer Rejection: Property owners and families eventually drew a hard line. They refused to watch public parks, transit systems, and business districts become unsafe, proving that there is a strict limit to how much disruption a community will tolerate before demanding a return to law enforcement.
The Current Political Shift
Because the public rejected the outcome you described, drug policy is currently pivoting back toward a more balanced, accountability-focused approach:
Recriminalization: States and provinces are reinstituting criminal penalties for public possession to give police the tools to clear streets and protect public spaces [1, 2].
Mandatory Diverted Treatment: Instead of just handing out supplies or allowing unchecked use, newer policies use the threat of jail time as leverage to force individuals into clinical treatment programs, like the methadone model discussed earlier.
Ultimately, communities discovered that trying to bypass accountability entirely created a crisis that the public refused to tolerate or fund.
Well said, John.
Decades ago, it was rumored that the CIA funded it's unaccountable Black Ops through the drug business. Indeed, the Taliban banned opium production in Afghanistan, so suddenly they were our enemies. With that in mind, consider this unproven-- but likely-- possibility:
Law enforcement busts the dealers and pockets their cash, re-sells the drugs, and repeats this cycle over and over. Higher-ups' silence is bought with some of these proceeds. With that going on behind the scenes, the impetus to keep it going-- and GROWING-- is extremely high, just like the unaccountable money that flows in for the "homeless problem" that just keeps growing, not diminishing, despite the $Billions thrown at it.
Actually Grok said It I just farted dust…
Haha, and I thought you were brilliant, but at least you're honest. :-)
Shocked Monkeys...blue pages..Apparently those are not "modern terms.'
I am not scared of AI. On its own its not going to give you the best answers, and many times be wrong. You have to have a long conversation with it before it reaches its full potential. So these posts are all derived from long ongoing conversations that enable Grok to opine my "outdated' fused vision.
I will give you two examples of where Grok was not accurate on its initial view until I slapped him a round a bit..
1. Dungeness River Management Team.
My views of river management start at Mr. McGlothlin where the long house is and go through the Jimmycomelately lens that contrasts to the DRMT. Grok can only search whatever Pablum DRMT feeds the masses and cannot go search Mr. McGlothlin where the long house is and look through the Jimmycomelately lens, because he doesn't know anything about it.
2. ICLEI.
Once again Grok and other AI relies on what is offered publicly and does not have all the access to the ICLEI charter bylaws or any circulars, let alone public hearings where people say things I ultimately remember and have to show Grok all the evolution of the tit for tats that took place.
Elon Musk said it succinctly: "The problem with AI is that it thinks the news is real". So, indeed, it is programmed by the same bullshit we scoff at.
Also, don't forget that there are many versions of AI, some of which may be better for a given topic. Off the top of my head, there is Grok, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, AlterAI, GabAI, and several more.
Don't try to Queens to Queens level three me. I have 18 levels of flubber and magic bean detection.
Good morning fellow Patriots, here we go with the Dr. Berry’s bait and switch bologna again. Personally, I think this woman is delusional but that is my own opinion. They are all running scared because is people of Clallam County I’m trying to hold them all accountable. What a statement to make that folks in general here could even make a statement about wanting people to get AIDS and other diseases from drug use. we want is accountability and measurable outcomes.
Have a good and safe day, everyone.
Delusional is very appropriate for an individual such as Allison Berry & be thankful she is not your personal doctor. However, her promotion has granted her the ability to project her wacko ideas in the name of healing more broadly & on a much bigger stage here. Let’s hope & pray she will get an offer she can’t refuse somewhere else far far away.
4rs, who the offer come from a sovereign nation?
I would like to see a list of what she has studied, where and by whom; it is hard to find good drinking water in a swamp these days.
She didn’t major in public health. I don’t think she knows what public health is about!
The amount of authority given to her, should scare the hell out of the local population. It’s like putting a 12 year old in charge of transportation. Yes they’ve been in an auto, but never driven one.
That sounds very typical of the D's mode of operation$$$. I expect many of these will be dealth with plus the pardigm that is behind it all.
Dr. Berry you may keep them from contracting AIDS, but enabling them to continue drug use is a “life sentence “ of nothing but a drain on society and a life wasted.
Dr Berry, "First, do no harm Second, do no harm reduction"
Perfect Jennifer. I don’t think she can reconcile the differences. Untrainable. Incompetent.
We really need to foist her out of here!
Amen!
My experience has been that the Clallam County Board of Health isn't composed of people who *want* to understand experiences, needs, or concerns that deviate from their precise, honed messaging.
Today's article echoes my own experience: valid concerns are reframed to stigmatize the commenter and dismiss the issue. If their reframing skills occasionally prove inadequate, the response shifts to simply ignore the community member and the issue.
I encourage people to continue making comments and seeking constructive engagement --using as much data, reasoning, lived experiences, and politeness as you can muster-- because speaking the truth is important.
However, in this context, real solutions can only be found if those in power have a mindset of humble curiosity, fidelity to their mission and community, and the willingness to grapple with complexity and nuance to find a better path.
All of us deserve leaders who are honest enough to admit when something isn't working or that there is more than one viewpoint to consider when grappling with complex issues.
What we currently have are leaders who would rather spin and defy reality, ignore tragedies, stigmatize valid concerns, and enable harm... than ever admit that they might be wrong or --perhaps-- that they might need to listen with an open mind and respond with something other than talking points or silence.
Stick to the high road.
Continue to speak the truth.
But also know this: the tactic of intentionally misunderstanding you, reframing and dismissing what you're saying, claiming moral authority while dehumanizing and ignoring you is to do just that: demean and demoralize you into giving up.
Recognize that propaganda technique and meme the cumulative insanity that is still promoted by this board: https://rumble.com/v1z6qh2-fauci-in-the-hall-of-the-mountain-king.html
Be steadfast. Be humble. Be relentless.
Flourish. Make things. Find joy.
well said. Thank you
Thank you gmfoe your encouragement.
Change in behavior due to decline in PA
Stopped parking at old Rayonier site and running along trail—harassed too many times
Reduced shopping at downtown Safeway due to sketchy people, drug deals in parking lot. Easier to go to Sequim
Stopped running downtown before work (530am) due to being yelled at multiple times, being chased while doing so while running with wife
Changed walking patterns due to homeless, calling in to 911 to report fight at Transit Center
Clallam County, your trusted partner in assisted suicide.
The Kevorkian diet for the good of all monkeys and taxpayers
"Berry said she has treated patients for Hantavirus through her part-time work for the Jamestown Corporation at the Healing Clinic and the Family Health facility."
What?
I have lived in Clallam county since 2014. I don't know how long Dr. Berry has been here but I don't think it has been a lot longer than that. She is saying that she has treated patients (note, plural) for Hantavirus infection in her work with Jamestown? If we have had multiple Hantavirus cases in the county, that would be really, really big news. But I cannot recall any cases during my time here.
BTW - to give you an idea of the incidence of Hantavirus cases in the state, the CDC says there have been 61 cases in WA from '93-'23 with 20 deaths. They don't report by county. https://www.cdc.gov/hantavirus/data-research/cases/index.html
Hantavirus is transmitted from rodents to humans via their urine and feces and is pretty uncommon unless you are living in rodent-infested areas. Human to human transmission is extremely rare. The recent cruise ship infection is unique and suggests lab manipulation of the virus, possibly even by some grad student with access to CRISPR.
As you point out, there have been 2 cases/yr and 1 death every 3 years in the entire state of WA. It is not considered a major threat, and of this sparse population the number of cases being here in Clallam County is probably the number than can be counted on one, partially-amputated hand. So, I am very skeptical as to Dingleberry's claim of treating patientS at Jamestown, unless it is 1 or 2.
Moreover, how does one know? A patient goes to a doctor with respiratory symptoms, which get superficially diagnosed as flu, and the usual flu remedies are prescribed. Most patients recover-- "Wow, I had a bad flu". How many flu patients have their infections sent to the CDC for analysis?
1993 Four Corners hantavirus outbreak. Confirmed cases 33. I was there in 1993 and we got 5 cases of the Plague in 1996. It is more prevalent in those areas due to the conditions. For Berry to even bring it up was ridiculous when the Pink Elephant of the disease called Drug Addiction is breathing down her neck.
Rat to human transmission - correct. Although I gather they are still trying to figure out how/when the cruise ship passengers were infected. During a bird watching excursion on shore? In WA it is rare and for one physician to claim to have treated a number of cases, even over a decade or so, seems unlikely. My point is that if there has been a number of cases in the county then the public health officer should have mentioned it before now and alerted the public to the need for rodent control. I heard no talk of the disease in the medical community before my retirement or since.
I kinda think the vectors were living on the ship, too many infected, but we will see.
Dr Berry has learned one political trick…deflect. Always come up with another (usually more disturbing ) subject, so the audience doesn’t have time to get back to the actual subject of discussion.
Like Harm Reduction!
Why isn’t she embarrassed about supporting such a failed program? Why not just pass out dollar bills so addicts can buy the supplies they like the best. We are burning up money when it could be used to roll a joint !
And this would be the Sin Nombre virus (SNV) found in N. America. NOT Andes virus (ANDV), of Chile and Argentina (THE CRUISE SHIP VARIETY).
Bingo!
What if a property owner doesn't want to pay to keep shocking monkeys?
If a property owner does not want their tax dollars or community resources spent on harm reduction programs, they have several direct legal, political, and financial avenues to voice opposition and influence local policy.
Public funding for these initiatives is highly contested, and decisions are primarily made at the local and state levels.Local Political and Legal ActionsProperty owners hold significant leverage in local government because property taxes directly fund municipal budgets:
Zoning and Land Use Objections: Property owners can attend city council or zoning board meetings to oppose the placement of harm reduction sites or needle exchanges in their neighborhoods. They can argue that these facilities negatively impact property values, public safety, or neighborhood character.
Targeting Local Budgets: Citizens can lobby local officials (mayors, city council members, and county commissioners) to defund specific public health grants or redirect those funds into traditional law enforcement, abstinence-only treatment, or faith-based recovery programs
.Ballot Initiatives and Elections:
In many jurisdictions, voters can organize ballot measures to restrict or ban specific harm reduction practices. Property owners can also vote for local prosecutors and politicians who pledge a strict, law-and-order approach to drug enforcement rather than a harm reduction framework.
State and Federal Avenues:
On a broader scale, policy changes often happen through legislative restrictions:
State Legislation: Many states have passed laws that override local decisions, effectively banning supervised consumption sites or placing strict limits on syringe service programs. Property owners can contact state representatives to support such legislation
Federal Funding Restraints: As noted previously, federal lobbying efforts have successfully kept federal tax dollars from being used to purchase specific drug paraphernalia. Property owners can support federal lawmakers who maintain these strict boundaries on the Controlled Substances Act.
The Financial Debate: The Taxpayer Perspective
The debate over the economic impact on property owners involves two opposing arguments: The Opposing View: Critics argue that these programs attract public drug use, increase local crime, lower surrounding property values, and force property owners to pay for the cleanup of biohazards like discarded needles. From this perspective, it is an unfair financial burden on law-abiding citizens. The Supporting View: Proponents argue that harm reduction actually saves property owners money in the long run. They point to data showing that treating preventable infections (like HIV or endocarditis) in uninsured patients forces local hospitals to absorb the costs, which eventually raises local taxes and healthcare premiums for property owners.
I have been opposing things, writing letters, protesting, carrying signs, and voting for over 5 decades, and I don't recall my wishes EVER reaching fruition. There is no doubt among the Commissioners about how we feel, yet when do they ever agree with us and do what we want?
Its clear the harm reduction complaints are falling on deaf ears. Time for an initiative. Everything from here out is just a repetitive whine list.
Yeah, but some court/judge will rule that our initiative is null and void for some stupid reason and we'll be back to Square-One. :-(
In 1960, kids got Remington Nylon-66, semi-automatic .22LR rifles with 17-round tubular magazines. Since 1968, WA has deemed them to be "assault weapons" and has banned them. SAF has sued, and now 8 years later, nothing has changed, despite it being egregiously against the 2nd Amendment. And, all those activist judges stopping Trump, despite them being wrong. This is how our "legal" system works.
I yearn for the instant-gratification of tar & feathers or lynching. :-)
The blue state blue page blues.
I ask the same thing every time I vote. How is it possible that candidates that present problems and solutions would be shoe-ins, but don’t get elected? Instead we get ass kissing commissioners that forget we out number the tribe. Or finger chewing weirdos that are so distracted during public comment it is ignored by our 3 stooges. God, can’t they at least fake interest during public comment period?
They know all too well how to fake reality.
No Tom Sawyer, we won’t paint your fence!
Once upon a time, I had a run-in with the California Coastal Commission. The head commissioner had the audacity to be egregiously working a crossword puzzle and when all my pleas, reasoning, support information was presented, she blurts out "DENIED". She also had the audacity to declare the entire Pacific Coast, from the ocean to 5 miles inland, as "environmentally sensitive habitat", EXCEPT FOR HER MALIBU PROPERTY!!!!
Our commissioners are not far from that.
Dr. Berry needs to do more research, and quit following protocols.
There's a book titled,"CAUSE UNKNOWN: The epidemic of sudden deaths in 2021 and 2022. By Edward Dowd
Dr. Berry needs to go back to school and learn medicine and critical thinking, and to develop the ability to keep feces out of her nostrils.
Every grant issued by this county, whether local, state, or federal pass through, comes with clear reporting requirements. These requirements are not optional. They exist to ensure that taxpayer dollars are used effectively, that programs are meeting their stated goals, and that the public can see measurable outcomes—not selective narratives.
Yet what we consistently receive are polished summaries, isolated success stories, and metrics chosen by the grantee, not the full set of required data. We see what they want us to see. What we do not see are the outcome based metrics that matter most to this community:
• How many individuals actually enter long term treatment
• How many complete treatment
• How many achieve sustained recovery
• How many return repeatedly to the same services without improvement
These are the numbers that tell the truth about whether a program is working. And these are the numbers we never see.
If the county is not independently verifying the data submitted by grant recipients, then the reporting becomes nothing more than self reported claims. That is not oversight. That is not accountability. And it is not transparency.
The public deserves to know whether these programs are producing measurable results or simply generating activity. We deserve to know whether funds are being used to reduce addiction, improve public safety, and support long term recovery—not just to maintain the status quo.
I am asking this Board to take three specific actions:
1. Require full publication of all grant reports, including outcome metrics, financial breakdowns, and compliance documentation.
2. Implement independent verification of reported data, rather than accepting self reported numbers at face value.
3. Establish an external oversight mechanism—whether through the State Auditor, a third party evaluator, or a regional accountability body—to ensure that the public receives accurate, complete information.
Silence and selective reporting only create more questions. Transparency builds trust. This community is paying attention, and we will continue to speak up. It truly does take a village, and accountability is part of that responsibility.
Thank you CAS. That’s how to measure success!
If you heard this meeting the deflections of HIPAA were tossed about by Dr. Spin as a way to throw off the reality that we don't need individual data, we need real aggregated data.
HIPPA being used as a smokescreen for narco trafficking. Or are we to believe the tooth fairy leaves fetty under tents at night?
Thank you for this article, Jeff. Another round of bureaucrats throwing twigs at the rolling log of truth that's barreling towards them. Her petty attempt to falsely accuse concerned citizens is laughable. She's unqualified for this job and needs to resign. And she knows it. These are the same people who screeched climate change will kill us all in 10 years. Now Bill Gates and the UN have declared climate change was never going to destroy our planet and all life on it. Betrayed by those who own you, deems Dr. Berry's insanity certifiable.
A Modest Proposal for Clallam County's Harm Reduction Utopia (or: How Dr. Berry Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Boofing Kit)
Ah, Clallam County! Where the air is salty, the views are stunning, and the public health strategy is apparently "let's hand out rectal drug instructions like they're Pokémon cards and call anyone who questions it a heartless monster who wants junkies to die of AIDS." Bravo, Dr. Allison Berry. You've taken the noble art of public health and turned it into a stand-up routine that would make even the most jaded satirist blush.
Picture the scene at the Board of Health meeting: Residents show up, politely asking, "Hey, we've been flooding the streets with needles, meth pipes, crack pipe cleaners, foil kits, and something called a 'boofing kit' for years. Got any data on whether this is, you know, working? Overdoses down? Sobriety up? Kids finding fewer used syringes at the playground?"
Dr. Berry's response? Not boring old numbers. No tedious metrics like "X people entered treatment" or "Y percent quit needles." Instead, the explosive mic drop: "I hope that when people are asking for accountability, they’re not saying that people who use drugs deserve to get AIDS and die."
Genius. Pure rhetorical alchemy. Turn concerned citizens cleaning up literal tons of trash, needles, and human waste from trails and playgrounds into mustache-twirling villains plotting a genocide via neglect. It's like accusing someone worried about drunk driving of secretly wanting alcoholics to wrap their cars around trees. How dare you want accountability, you monster!
The county proudly flashes its April scorecard: 668 "participant encounters," 21 overdose reversals, 61 connections to "partner services." Translation: We're really good at meeting people and handing them stuff. The part where we track actual exits from addiction, homelessness, or the revolving door of taxpayer-funded "encounters"? That's scheduled for... sometime after we perfect the telehealth Suboxone pipeline. Decades into this experiment, and we're just now discussing meaningful metrics. That's not a program; that's performance art with public funds.
But don't worry! Distributing safer-use supplies "does not increase use of drugs. It does not teach people how to use drugs." Except for that handy 11-step guide to achieving a "fast hit and rush" by... well, you know, the rectal route. Nothing says "we're not encouraging this" like detailed instructions on how to optimize your high via alternative orifices. It's like handing out cigarette lighters with a pamphlet titled "10 Ways to Inhale Even Harder" while insisting you're anti-smoking.
Dr. Berry assures us the fear is manufactured. Those photos of encampments, trash-choked creeks, discarded paraphernalia at Shipwreck Point, and the actual 2018 incident where a toddler got poked by a needle at Dream Playground? All "manipulated pictures" and "misinformation" sown by political opportunists. Those 4PA volunteers hauling shopping carts and propane tanks out of salmon streams? Clearly villains for documenting reality instead of curating the approved narrative. "Positive public use is its own vaccine," says a commissioner. Great idea! Maybe we should encourage more families to play "Find the Needle" at the waterfront as community bonding.
And let's not ignore the subplot: The county Health Officer also works at the Jamestown Healing Clinic, a major player in the booming Medication-Assisted Treatment industry. The same industry poised to rake in hundreds of thousands per psychiatric director while tribal preferences guide hiring. But questioning whether endless harm reduction funnels more customers into this pipeline is apparently "hating on vulnerable populations." Sure. Because nothing says compassion like a business model where success is measured in repeat encounters rather than recoveries.
Dr. Berry challenges: "Bring the evidence that somehow we have caused drug use." Fair enough. How about the visible explosion of encampments, the normalization of public drug use, the environmental damage, and the growing pile of "safer use" litter that volunteers keep picking up? Evidence isn't hard to find—it's in the photos officials dismiss as disinformation. But why ruin a good story with facts when storytelling is "more persuasive"?
In the grand tradition of public health theater, we're told broader economic forces are to blame, not policy. Drug users are "an easy group to get folks to hate." Translation: Stop noticing the open-air fentanyl markets and start hating capitalism harder. Meanwhile, actual residents just want parks without boofing detritus and kids who can play without a tetanus booster.
Harm reduction was sold as a compassionate bridge to treatment. In Clallam County, it looks more like a permanent subsidized lifestyle with excellent customer service. If the goal is fewer dead people, great—show us the data. If the goal is more encounters, more funding, and moral superiority over the rubes worried about playgrounds, then mission accomplished.
Keep sowing that fear, Dr. Berry. The rest of us will be over here, "manipulating pictures" by pointing cameras at the actual mess. Facts, as Huxley noted, do not cease to exist because they're inconvenient. But in the harm reduction bubble, they do get rebranded as hate speech.
Pass the boofing kit—apparently reality is too harsh without one.
MW589 I wish I could write just like you! You hit it on the topics of Boofer's Target Instructions, our Medication Addiction Ceaseless Treatment Program, Our Unhealthy Department, Bumwater Creek, Shantycamps, Playground Mine Fields and the smell of Fresh Fentanyl Air. Ah, yes, who wouldn't want to not live in our Critical County?
Wow, you not only hit the nail on the head, you pounded it home below surface. I listened to the same meeting and for anyone who hasn't it's not hard, and you really should inform yourselves on these matters.
Love it!
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