The commissioners did not respond to yesterday's email asking if they plan to engage with the Conservation District about the integrity of its last election. Here is an email sent today to all three commissioners and Health Officer Allison Berry:
Dear Commissioners French, Johnson, and Ozias, and Health Officer Dr. Allison Berry,
There are several questions regarding how the county measures the effectiveness of its current harm reduction approach.
At what point does repeatedly reviving the same individuals without getting them into treatment become evidence that the current strategy is failing? What benchmark would cause the county to change course?
The county often reports the number of overdose reversals. Can you also provide data showing how many of those individuals entered treatment, achieved recovery, and remained drug-free one year later?
Do you believe success should be measured solely by lives saved in the moment, or also by how many people permanently escape addiction? If the latter, what are those numbers for Clallam County?
How many repeat overdose reversals by the same individual does the county consider acceptable before acknowledging that emergency intervention alone is not enough?
Responses regarding how these outcomes are measured and what data the county relies on when evaluating its harm reduction policies would be appreciated.
Jeff very educational article! We spend so much money on the homeless drug problem and not enough on getting these people clean. Free housing,drug paraphernalia, food, showers, and food only put off the inevitable result of jail or death. The other alternative is getting clean and mix into the normal society. Until we address that problem it will only become worse.
JT. This hit the ball out of the park and I’m glad someone finally looked at this Naloxone from a medical standpoint versus “the candy man” giveaway option. This crap revives the zombies. Brain dead. Each successive event of deprivation of oxygen to the brain cause more and more damage. Period. This revived corpse has enough left “up there in the noggin” to seek another hit of a drug, another trip to the Harm Reduction Center or wander the street if P.A. Without some sort supportive network to get this corpse into a rehab facility, our county is creating more zombies everyday. I believe I saw an article recently about EMT’s helping folks on a path to recovery. Recovery or a compassionate approach to steering to these people to recovery will reduce this vicious cycle. Treat this person as a neighbor, a relative or a brother needing help. Not as another number, “we saved 247 lives in 2026 by reviving and giving these folks another chance at life”.
The basic philosophy of our current government is one of permissiveness towards those participating in an illegal activity -- the use of drugs -- which also foments the sale and distribution of these products, which is technically a prosecutable offense. Essentially, they are saying since it is not the user's fault they are drug users who, in most cases, do not get clean after nearly dying, it must be some sort of societal inequity; therefore, it is society's responsibility to make sure they don't kill themselves when they OD. Let's fix the problem by continually providing Narcan and expensive free housing, at great cost to the taxpayer, costs that are both financial and societal. In a sane world, the drug user would be responsible for their own actions and themselves. Let's help them survive one OD, sure, but then place them in rehab, forcibly if necessary. After all, isn't that why the MAT clinic was approved, to help these people get clean and off the streets? If that doesn't work and they refuse to stay clean and become a productive member of society, back to jail or a mental health facility for an extended period of time. When will we decide that personal responsibility is more important to giving someone the chance to save themselves than continually babysitting them?
Because operation Kingpin/ Mini-Kingpin prolongs drug use in my community so they can track mini-Kingpins until they can make drug seizures and forfeitures, and because PBH facilitates long term hard drug use, I am glad there is Narcan.
Enforcement and public health should be part of helping abstinence from hard drug use in a community, not propagating it, for government gain.
I am not making excuses for the weak its up to the bear to resist the honey.
But this issue needs to be framed properly as a government aided epidemic NOT just a standard drug use issue.
Its worse than the FBI selling horse manure and sodium nitrate and waiting for the next Timothy McVey. This is a PBH and OPNET sponsored flooding of drugs into a community for the benefit of living wages and county coffers. It could very well be your son or daughter that needs the shot. All it takes is a new age Mickey Finn and their lives are in danger.
When a criminal informant agrees to work with OPNET , they are contracted to lure mini kingpins with great deals and a distribution system. That's how OPNET tracks the dough and property.
It used to be that the CI would rack themselves up and sleep in cars/ parks and RV's. Most of them died before Deb Kelly could use them. Now, PBH helps set them up in HUD housing and delivers boofing kits like a pizza. Now Narcan keeps the CI alive and OPNET is even more efficient.
In other words, Local government has replaced Ollie North and the CIA in the drug business. Our community pays to stop illegal drug use...and assist illegal drug use. There better be Narcan.
The commissioners did not respond to yesterday's email asking if they plan to engage with the Conservation District about the integrity of its last election. Here is an email sent today to all three commissioners and Health Officer Allison Berry:
Dear Commissioners French, Johnson, and Ozias, and Health Officer Dr. Allison Berry,
There are several questions regarding how the county measures the effectiveness of its current harm reduction approach.
At what point does repeatedly reviving the same individuals without getting them into treatment become evidence that the current strategy is failing? What benchmark would cause the county to change course?
The county often reports the number of overdose reversals. Can you also provide data showing how many of those individuals entered treatment, achieved recovery, and remained drug-free one year later?
Do you believe success should be measured solely by lives saved in the moment, or also by how many people permanently escape addiction? If the latter, what are those numbers for Clallam County?
How many repeat overdose reversals by the same individual does the county consider acceptable before acknowledging that emergency intervention alone is not enough?
Responses regarding how these outcomes are measured and what data the county relies on when evaluating its harm reduction policies would be appreciated.
Jeff very educational article! We spend so much money on the homeless drug problem and not enough on getting these people clean. Free housing,drug paraphernalia, food, showers, and food only put off the inevitable result of jail or death. The other alternative is getting clean and mix into the normal society. Until we address that problem it will only become worse.
JT. This hit the ball out of the park and I’m glad someone finally looked at this Naloxone from a medical standpoint versus “the candy man” giveaway option. This crap revives the zombies. Brain dead. Each successive event of deprivation of oxygen to the brain cause more and more damage. Period. This revived corpse has enough left “up there in the noggin” to seek another hit of a drug, another trip to the Harm Reduction Center or wander the street if P.A. Without some sort supportive network to get this corpse into a rehab facility, our county is creating more zombies everyday. I believe I saw an article recently about EMT’s helping folks on a path to recovery. Recovery or a compassionate approach to steering to these people to recovery will reduce this vicious cycle. Treat this person as a neighbor, a relative or a brother needing help. Not as another number, “we saved 247 lives in 2026 by reviving and giving these folks another chance at life”.
The basic philosophy of our current government is one of permissiveness towards those participating in an illegal activity -- the use of drugs -- which also foments the sale and distribution of these products, which is technically a prosecutable offense. Essentially, they are saying since it is not the user's fault they are drug users who, in most cases, do not get clean after nearly dying, it must be some sort of societal inequity; therefore, it is society's responsibility to make sure they don't kill themselves when they OD. Let's fix the problem by continually providing Narcan and expensive free housing, at great cost to the taxpayer, costs that are both financial and societal. In a sane world, the drug user would be responsible for their own actions and themselves. Let's help them survive one OD, sure, but then place them in rehab, forcibly if necessary. After all, isn't that why the MAT clinic was approved, to help these people get clean and off the streets? If that doesn't work and they refuse to stay clean and become a productive member of society, back to jail or a mental health facility for an extended period of time. When will we decide that personal responsibility is more important to giving someone the chance to save themselves than continually babysitting them?
They have just remarketed operation Kingpin/Mini-Kingpin...
Because operation Kingpin/ Mini-Kingpin prolongs drug use in my community so they can track mini-Kingpins until they can make drug seizures and forfeitures, and because PBH facilitates long term hard drug use, I am glad there is Narcan.
Enforcement and public health should be part of helping abstinence from hard drug use in a community, not propagating it, for government gain.
I am not making excuses for the weak its up to the bear to resist the honey.
But this issue needs to be framed properly as a government aided epidemic NOT just a standard drug use issue.
Its worse than the FBI selling horse manure and sodium nitrate and waiting for the next Timothy McVey. This is a PBH and OPNET sponsored flooding of drugs into a community for the benefit of living wages and county coffers. It could very well be your son or daughter that needs the shot. All it takes is a new age Mickey Finn and their lives are in danger.
When a criminal informant agrees to work with OPNET , they are contracted to lure mini kingpins with great deals and a distribution system. That's how OPNET tracks the dough and property.
It used to be that the CI would rack themselves up and sleep in cars/ parks and RV's. Most of them died before Deb Kelly could use them. Now, PBH helps set them up in HUD housing and delivers boofing kits like a pizza. Now Narcan keeps the CI alive and OPNET is even more efficient.
In other words, Local government has replaced Ollie North and the CIA in the drug business. Our community pays to stop illegal drug use...and assist illegal drug use. There better be Narcan.
Its unconscionable.