I was a drug tester for many years and serviced many of the tribes in our state. I repeatedly said that these treatment centers were just masking one drug for another. As I talked with tribal members who are going through these treatment centers, I asked if they have been tapering down. Many said no they can’t do that, they can’t live without the drug methadone, etc. The purpose of the treatment center was to get people off of drugs, help them stay off drugs etc. Don’t get me wrong, there was a few that wanted to get off but after 5 yrs or so, they were back into drugs.
These treatment centers need to get people off of all addiction and help them in the mental health area to help them stay off, like AA does with alcohol
Agreed.... These MAT clinics are putting bandaids on bullet holes. Imagine going to the hospital daily to change your bandage for a continuously inflicted wound and Medicare/Medicaid is charged $700 for the rest of your life. Instead of at least attempting to fix the problem the first time. I guess the real question here is who truly benefits from the process. I guarantee you it is not the addict or the taxpayers.
Not even Sparky Anderson could win every major league game. Its time to learn how to deal with losses. a job in the blue pages isn't going to solve the problem. We have already tried that. It just grows and grows year after year like every other gove-ment position.
HOMELESS PLAN: Free Housing = Free Food = Free Health Care = Free Drugs = Free Pizza Parties = Free Drug Paraphernalia = Free Clothing = Free Overnight Parking = Free Dog Wash
New billboard coming soon: "Welcome to the popular stay and play County. Homeless? No need to work, harm reduction is working for you! " Paid for by people scratching out a living
You forgot the part that explains, "there's no such thing as free, though!" The people who work here, shop here, own houses, property, or businesses are actually paying for it!
we need to sort out our "homeless". There are those who have major mental deficiencies, mental and physical illness, and those who are really incapable of caring for themselves. Sure, the others, the lazy and losers, but they are a different group. We have always had ne'er-do-wells, transients that just lacked ambition, and never made any meaningful contributions. But, the number of those -- are greatly out-numbered by the people who are suffering: PTSD, chronic disease, mental illness. Those are the people who turn to drugs to 'treat' themselves.
People who are just unable to manage their lives could still contribute to society -- if there were a path, and support. What we don't have is THAT.
Mimi, there is a system to sort and aid the needs of the homeless. There are grants monies for the physically disabled and those with chronic diseases. Medications are supplied for mental illness, most times they become homeless because they choose to go off their medications, a frequent problem even with those that aren't homeless.
The ones that are lazy and losers are not a small percentage. These addicts take advantage of the system by getting themselves grouped into some of the other groups who have added benefits. Addicts are the best actors and manipulators you will ever meet.
There are those that are given places to stay, but they don't like the rules, rules put there to help them on the way to recovery. One path not chosen.
Homelessness becomes a way of life not easily broken if one prefers that sort of freedom, on camera you will hear the hardships, off camera they only want the help that conforms to their choices. In large instances our pathways is not theirs.
Don't forget NGOs...how much does Mark receive from the NGOs he's managed to get himself on. That's proven to be the most profitable money laundering mechanism for profit by local politicians. And what is the best way to keep the money flow secret? Refusing to answer questions!
Those numbers are insane. This has nothing to do with compassion.Thinking about all of Washington and what those totals could be. Yet people that have paid into medicare all their lives have to wait till 65 to get it? Thinking the three strikes and you are out should come into play.
"Just believe that we care. I said BELIEVE! Stop looking so closely for transparency."
This article exposes the flaws of an approach that prioritizes enabling addiction over resolving it, and it demands a harder look at what’s truly needed. Half-measures, like needle exchanges or safe injection sites, create bigger problems by normalizing destructive behaviors, delaying real recovery. Addiction sinks its roots so deep that many cannot—or will not—extract themselves, no matter the tools provided. As a society, we must stop pretending addicts can fix themselves and instead commit to comprehensive, lifelong systems to keep them clean, even if it means intervening against their will.
We need to create robust frameworks—combining medical care, mental health support, and, when necessary, rehabilitative incarceration—funded by our communities for the greater good. This isn’t about punishment but about recognizing that addiction often strips away rational decision-making. We wouldn’t let a suffering animal endure such neglect, yet we hesitate to act decisively for humans trapped in this crisis. The article critiques harm reduction’s soft touch, and it’s clear we need real-world solutions: mandatory treatment programs, long-term rehabilitation facilities, and strict accountability. Prosecute crimes as needed, but prioritize recovery over punishment. Society must bear the cost of caring for those who can’t care for themselves, just as we would for any human unable to function. Harm reduction has seduced us long enough—it’s time for whole solutions that reclaim lives and protect our communities.
Jason I hear what you are saying, however, forcing addicts to do treatment or mandating they must do this or that is a waste of time, resources and money. I hear what you’re saying, I believed it too at one time in my life. I was promised by law enforcement my nephew would be given treatment before he was released from prison for elder abuse. Before his release he was given the choice to go into an opioid treatment program or serve an additional 30 days in prison….he chose to stay longer in prison & was released with the stipulation if he broke any of their rules he’d be returned immediately. Within 6 months he was back in prison for possession. I asked why he was not put into the treatment program as promised & they explained from prior experiences forcing addicts to do treatment never works. Unfortunately they are right so anyone who thinks mandatory treatment works they are fooling themselves. I worked for AT&T with alcoholics and drug addicts trying to save their jobs and ultimately their lives. My mother died addicted to Vicadin (85 years old who cares), my SIL has been to rehab 4 times for Oxy & Kratom he’s 40, my nephew has been an oxy addict since he as 16 he’s 41, his father was an alcoholic, my half brother I never knew died from prescription drug use probably oxy age 35, my only Uncle was an alcoholic his whole life & he contributed nothing raising his children. Alcohol & drugs kills people and everyone who loves them. I’ve learned save those who want to be saved and leave the rest because there is always someone waiting in line for the opportunity to turn their life around don’t waste time on those who could care less.
You are most certainly correct. Unless we have the will to fund the care of these people long term, we may as well wash our hands of them and accept the effect it has on our communities.
In theory, the society that finds the will to-do the above would also have found the will to put an end to the upstream sources and systemic abuse as well.
Excellent ideas...however who is going to administer and pay for it all...If we had the will to do it the costs would still be astronomical and endless...for the tiny minority who cannot and will not help themselves...I'm not compassionless...just the opposite actually...I've struggled with many earthly 'attractions' and found the 'system' useless to help me...only I and The Father/Mother can be of any help against the ways of the world.
Repentance means changing one's mind but we can't do it without Higher support.
Blessings to all and TRUTH, JUSTICE, LIBERTY, ACCOUNTABILITY, TOUGH LOVE😊
Shocking to see that patients in the tribes medication assisted treatment (MAT) clinic bring them over $700 per visit and that they will pay for up to 5 visits a day on Medicaid. No other insurance allows this BS. It is also a well known fact that most of the addicts will need opioids for the rest of their life as the overwhelming majority that stop their prescriptions return to street drugs. That is to say they will be addicts for life. Prevention. Prevention. Prevention. This mean fixing social media, the errosion of family values, gender confusion etc. Getting cheap drugs off the street would also help, but we know the full on "war on drugs" was not effective.
CWeber, the MAT clinic has the perfect business setup. What doctor or clinic wouldn't want a guaranteed "lifetime payment plan". Actually, the only thing the clinic is missing is Golden Arches and a drive up window.
There are many good folks who honorably attempt to work to help others with their drug addictions and associated issues, however those who are controlling the direction of most of these efforts know well that if they succeed in substantially reducing the problems that they will lose their excuses for funding and eventually their own jobs~! Most folks have no clue just how criminally corrupt the medical & so-called "healthcare" industrial complex really is, however, the entire structure is without doubt geared to generate & foster more & more illnesses to keep the money and power ever increasing. That kind of evil is nearly invisible to most good folks who would never even suspect that was going on right in front of them. The problem with "The Sickness model" of healthcare is well known enough to have been portrayed even in Hollywood movie and TV productions where it is often stated one way or another that "There is no profit in a healthy patient"~! So of course, these local criminals will jump on that "profit and control" bandwagon~! Great job again Jeff Tozzer~! You continue to be many years ahead of our time in history as you give our local community important information and the REAL problems to consider. We will never be able to improve our government and community, until we identify and understand the real root of the problems~! Cheers~! Mike
Great comment. Unbelievable how a for profit can legally act as a non profit and bill Medicaid $50k plus a day ( low estimate). I'm sure they're happy with the free bus service to and from PA.
Thank you very much for the compliment, Steve Zink~!
I am just happy that I can do my small part, much like you and all of the other wonderful folks who are speaking up against the criminals within our communities, country and world. So, my thanks go to you~! Yes, you are correct about the abuses of the greedy incompetent criminals within the so-called "healthcare" industrial complex and just how far they have strayed from anything that resembles compassionate & honorable medical care. There are still some good folks in healthcare, but no doubt fewer now than at any time in Americas' history... My wife was one of the best vascular ultrasound professionals until she was fired and attacked for honestly answering her patients' questions about the COVID "mandates" and the deadly "death jab" vaccines over three years ago now. Being the best in healthcare probably meant that you lost your job or quit over the past several years and that is a tragic loss for our country that may never be corrected. Ha! Yes, the free bus service from Sequim to PA I am sure has been a special gift to those in the hospital who live on enough fat to send fully equipped stretch limousines to fetch their victims~! The good news is that my/our research definitely indicates that the old evil & corrupt Rockefeller "medical matrix" is being allowed to crash and burn, and that it surely is, so that the new medical system that has already been born will be brought into play that is based upon patients' best interests first in a "wellness" model~! I am confident that once the useful idiots are delt with and the criminals are out of the picture so they can't cause any more trouble, that the new system will be coming in and very beneficial hidden technology will be revealed ;-) Enjoy a great Sunday~! Sincerely, Mike
Yes, I am afraid that many good folks have been duped into investing their retirement money and other accounts in EXTREMELY dangerous and evil companies because of the rigged stock market system and especially the rigged 401K and other retirement management scams that force folks into heavily managed programs where they have absolutely no say in where their monies are Invested~! It is a classic trap~! I was actually born into the stock market and banking industrial complex because of my mother's profession, so I just happen to know a great deal about the scams within the industry... You are absolutely correct, that "Consciousness" is VERY hard won and will test your ethics, morals, and Patriotism, but this life experience is all one BIG test anyway. The truly good folks are stepping up to prove themselves at this time of urgent need when it matters most, and the idiots, cowards and traitors are proving themselves for all to see... The wheat is being separated from the chaff my friend~! None of us are perfect and everyone makes all sorts of mistakes, but this is without doubt the greatest test of Intelligence and backbone that the world has ever witnessed~! Ha! All my life I have heard many people say that it would have been "cool" to have lived in very difficult times of history, but I am too good of an historian to have let that go without reminding those people that those are BY FAR the most dangerous and deadly difficult times to live through. Recently I have wondered just how many people think that the past several years has been "cool to live through"~! Ha Ha Ha Ha!!!! We are all here at this time in history for a purpose and I am thankful for being blessed enough to have so many good folks to go through these difficult times with~! Have a great Sunday and keep the faith~! Sincerely, Mike
Treatment centers are a very lucrative racket and the drug addicted/homeless are treated as commodities by brokers who get paid (commission) to transport those addicts/homeless from city to city when their tax payer funded insurance runs dry.
Gayle, it isn't just the cities that bus problem addicted/homeless elsewhere, hospitals do it to. All people walking into any ER (or for that matter any type of treatment center) has to EVALUATED $$ and be treated if it is considered an emergency regardless of the ability to pay. Of course the homeless have no way of paying and the hospital has to absorb the cost. The homeless know this and have a higher rate of visits for non emergency complaints. Some quite ridiculous. Hospitals have learned to save cost by buying tickets for the "frequent flyers" to wherever that person wants to go, plus giving pocket money for an incentive to leave. It adds to the high cost of health care.
The “perfect storm”….the boat (gonna need a bigger boat) is going down, sinking down down down into the darkness deep below & with no life jackets, rafts or helicopter will save them all, maybe only a few, maybe? ADDICTION: being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically (or both) habit-forming.
We’ve all seen it or personally experienced it for eons, even back in the Wild West or Indians smoking their peace pipes addiction existed. Yet no clinics existed back then. Why? The town drunk or the huffing Indian didn’t have an option to be used for profit, they eventually died instead. There was no “for profit” back in the day. People got alcohol in saloons or made it in stills. Eventually evolution of government provided drugs and alcohol everywhere legally. We have liquor, pot, kratom stores for people to buy & get high. It’s all a racket. Making money off selling and then treating the addicted most likely will not go away, it’s a steady stream of addiction for all involved. Our society & government encourages addiction and dependency in almost every aspect of our lives to CONTROL everyone. Our government makes the laws and we pay for it all, CONTROL CONTROL CONTROL………..name of the game.
So true! Always distraction and numbing available! What a scheme.
The ancient stories of mankind evolving into modern form (different cultures around the world) tell of 'beings' who taught us agriculture and animal husbandry.
The first thing we were 'taught' was concentrated growing of grains and fruits and how to make 'brews'. Mostly beers and wines before distilling became a thing.
Somebody knew / knows us well!
The Chinese laborers who built our railroads, etc. were given lots of opium so they didn't have to think too much about their miserable existence.
We are not a very healthy species over all and our rulers are not loving beings in general.
It does seem like the removal of Ozais would be a good start to solve an CC problems. The second one is tribe affiliation can not be used to fund a campaign. It is a rigged system, but
April 2019 Suboxone maker Reckitt Benckiser to pay $1.4 billion in the largest opioid settlement in US history. The settlement was to cover multiple investigation into the company's subsidiary, Indiver and its alleged marketing of its drug, the US Department of Justice said.
Small peanuts to pay for pharm business. Can you imagine whole buildings being constructed just to distribute addictive drugs such as Suboxone or Methadone that "maybe" only break addiction in a very small percentage. I can't.
[this comment is in response to your email that also highlighted the “Most popular CC Watchdog comment ever” about the family on a bike ride along ODT]
I feel like our Staff and Council don’t believe this is happening. Please document with photos/video and post to social media anytime you see something. Comments on social media don’t have the same impact. I personally have no idea if we are improving or deteriorating. I suspect it is the latter. The PDN doesn’t report on everything, and even the crime statistics are misleading. This is why I like the before and after pics from 4PA. You can clearly see the outcome of their work. Does anyone have a pic of the vandalism that occurred at Rayonier Mill site? the City Council meeting agenda this week has a proposal to approve a $55,000 clean up cost for vandals cutting down power poles and letting the mineral oil spill from transformers that were on the pole.
Perhaps a letter to Council? Or even better presenting at City Council meeting? I feel they need to see this brought up in a public forum at every meeting! I wish I could spend more time on this issue. My focus is more on economic development and housing. I don't know how to dig into the crime and drugs. Even Chief Smith proactively admitted to me (after I complimented him on the decline in the crime statistics), that the data can be misleading. He noted that when we have one large incident (the shooting outside of Chase bank was the example), it consumes so many resources that it causes a decline in the number of police responses to other crimes. I live outside of the downtown area both to be closer to nature, but also for the safety of my family. At the current rate of deterioration, I fear the only solution at some point is for me and my family to move elsewhere.
Yesterday my husband took my daughter to attend a camping skills class outside of Carlsborg.
Along the way on Highway 101, right before the bridge crossing the Dungeness River there was a traffic jam.
The traffic was being created by a man who was pulled over onto the shoulder with 1/3 of his car sticking out onto the highway.
Traffic was blocked and people were attempting to use the center median to go around the scene this dude had created.
Apparently another guy with a truck/trailer had pulled over to help this man creating the drama.
I asked my husband what they were doing and he said that it appeared that a bottle of pills had been spilled across the highway and dude was desperately crawling around to pick up the drugs from the road before cars ran them over.
There were other assorted belongings strewn along the roadway and he was chucking those items to the shoulder.
My family went around the blockage and continued on wondering what in the name of Hades they had just witnessed?
I just don’t remember seeing this number of incidents in the last fifteen years that I have lived here in Sequim.
There have always been colorful characters in this area but this has officially reached a level of complete unbalance.
This is not a good sign for the future of this area folks!
Erin, thank you for your very telling insight. County officials do read CCWD, although many make no comments, I'm sure your message came through loud and clear.
Silence is an admission of complicity from County or any "officials". They lurk to glean information which is used to side-step or derail any opposition to their nefarious agenda(s). There are careers to be had or accommodated via so-called harm reduction, homelessness and any other dysfunctional behavioral engineered crises. NGOs and non-profits exist, in current mindsets, to perpetuate these activities, and of which grants are presented on the number of "clients" utilizing their services, to Citizen Taxpayer (intentional caps) detriment and expense. NGOs and non-profit goals are to build a base on which to operate and "thrive", therby creating dependents who will likely never achieve indepandence, the preferred outcome.
Timothy, hopefully the pendulum will be swinging back from "pity the dependent, they can't help themselves" to a more realistic "life isn't easy, it's up to you to make your life worthwhile"
Actually, there have been comments by a few officials. I can say some reader replies were attacking in nature, but on the whole, CCWD carries a higher standard, not by Jeff editing, but by the subscribers themselves.
It's refreshing when officials clarify their points and the replies are honest and sincere. Kinda embarrassing when the replies from readers are a full frontal assault. But that goes with the territory.
Agreed, Jennifer. It is difficult to re-establish trust in government entities or officials that have forgotten their reason to be; not impossible, but does take time and a willingness to work for the common good. Personal attacks only aggravates an already sensitive balance, though I do understand the frustrations during the interim.
They know but it's a profitable throw away. They get to look compassionate and altruistic and, in the meantime, those pesky long-time homeowners in the area give up the ghost and sell, pack their bags and move away. Get a behind the scenes look at TAFY, Amy Miller's position now on the council, and Serenity House and you'll see that Port Angeles is the perfect ground zero. The pandemic fed people who had previously only had pennies to utilize for their drugs a substantial windfall, and the result was an increase in overdoses and deaths. Take away that supplemental income and voila, an increase in crime to now fuel a further strengthened addiction. It's a grant funded shell game.
Operation "kingpin" is the worst. OPNET figures out the dealer and user list pretty quick. They usually have no problem getting one of their skells to hang out at the Junction or the Wreck with a Motorola to capture the details. Its getting the kingpin that takes so long. It seems they were willing to live with the kingpin until Karen Unger and the Hall of Justice league filled up with legal fees cash and property seizures.
Operation kingpin will kill a loved one, will wreck marriages and will cause permanent damage..but its the hall of justice league that earns a living wage off the process. They could intervene and save a criminal informant before its too late..but..its that 150 thousand dollar case seizure and the Sunland house seizure that drives them.
There has been substance addiction throughout history. I don’t claim to know all the answers but have conquered my own and have a small window into cause and effect. I have also seen decades of attempts to solve the problem of substance addiction. I will attempt to share my thoughts, formed from my own experience and observations of the attempts made to solve the problems associated with substance addiction. I used alcohol to ‘soothe the rage’ inside and find self-esteem, or so I thought. It didn’t work. So, what do government programs provide for a cure. AA and other programs provide step programs and instructional programs, maybe some counseling, none of which helped me. My wife and son provided the incentive to pull my head out and stop the addiction. I am fortunate to have had that help. Bottom line here is that, after given the incentive, “I” stepped up to the plate. I was able to succeed due to many conditions, the number one was economic. I was able to work, provide for my family, educate myself, hold a job, and advance in my career. Enough of me, how about what we see daily on the streets and alleyways of the county? This county has all the natural beauty one could ask for. It has all the resources necessary for providing a vibrant economy, logging, tourism, and shipping lanes, among others. All one needs to do is open one’s eyes and see the economic dull drums the county is in. The reason I am focusing on the economy is I believe without a robust economic recovery, there will be no addiction recovery. If you do get someone out of substance addiction, what incentive is there to go through the everyday grind? Why bother. Where are the jobs? Money being spent on rehabilitation will not produce real lasting results unless the “WELLNESS” of the county is there first. I know this is only touching the tip of the ice berg, but that’s a question I saw posted and decided to give you my answer of where to start. Just a thought.
What an interesting perspective that basically we can blame our decades long left-leaning Commissioners for not being more focused on providing economic opportunity. I can run this theory out further to money and conflicts of interest in my head
There might be a light at the end of the tunnel if what I heard at the last Port meeting with the Clallam County Commissioners working together on attracting business here. Priorities need looking into. We can all input ideas and I think we can influence change without standing on a corner yelling profanities to accomplish. Speaking out at local government meetings is a place to start as well as this forum. Thanks for bringing us together Jeff. Lots more intelligent folks than me out hear to answer these questions.
I was surprised to hear Bruce Emery's statement at one of the Charter Commission meetings that the county has plenty of companies wanting to relocate out here. I don't think he exactly stated what the hold up is but if they're out there then maybe recompete money should ho to that cause instead of some of the other Commissioner re-election options.
He mentioned infrastructure like water for fire suppression at possible facilities and traffic corridors for raw materials and finished products and state regulations and building restrictions. A subject for an upcoming article I bet.😗
Very, very sad. Too many people are hurting and in pain, and greedy people find an insidious way to exploit these crises for profit. Some unscrupulous people from many entities invited these crises into CC with open arms, red carpets, and silver-tongued promises. Question everything! Never be satisfied with the answer! Jeff, this must have been a difficult article to write, as your family has lived here for over a century. Seeing the ugly changes is heartbreaking. Once again, you have the courage to write the truth and report it. Thank you for not giving up.
You're welcome. I feel saddest for Port Angeles. It used to be such a treat to go there: McLane's for shoes, Lamont's for back-to-school shopping, People's, Bay Variety, etc. Now it's just a shell of its former self.
Dang Mark, so now its not just the homeless we need to support and coddle but also low level criminals? What?! So, to fight crime, low level criminals need a hug? The interview with Rebeka who lost her boyfriend to a drug overdose and needed "saving" is insane even in the reading. She has been "saved" for now, but the veracity comes with time. Knock me over with a feather on this L.E.A.D (Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion) program.
Rebeka, "It's scary, you don't know where you'll sleep and you don't know if you're going to go to jail. It's dangerous" Yes Rebeka, there is no Santa Claus but there are laws.
We have tried just say no.. we've tried washing..scrubbing..soaking..and we still have drug ring around our collar.
Its time for Bartertown to open up in the county. All the non functioning addicts should be given their own space paid for by their own habit. No more pusher man that owns a tobacco store to launder the score. The County declares under U.S.C. 885 d that they are trying to stop illegal drug sales. Then make it legal by hiring the people already dealing the junk in an RV near you. Narcan sold separately. Consider a pragmatic waste management model..Bartertown will pay for itself and be out of site and the ring around or collar will be where we cant see it or have to pay for it. Why does everyone have to die for the State Department or the pharmaceutical culling apple cart.
It's like am still stuck in the small town zero tolerance drug war that has syphoned infrastructure money just like the cold war that never stopped. Only now the drug war funding has slowed its still there but still just as ineffective as it always has been.
The real solution is not intervention by the point of a gun.
I have only experienced non-intervention recovery success. ie I am going to quit...ME...I am going to stop.. All the treatment magic dust never works. It feeds the cogs and wheels and runs the pay or appear hamster wheel.
All intervention I have seen has failed. Its that voice in your head.."I can't believe that...my own son...he is weak...he needs a crutch.." It sounds like a good country song but its the only hope a person has. They either have that voice in their own head or they don't..Nobody else is going to put it there. No wizard of Oz,,no Doctor Oz...Just self control.
I too pulled my head out and stopped my own demise. If you have a ring in your nose, someone or something is going to grab it and pull.
Where have all the years of WAR ON DRUGS led us? Follow the money. Somebody's getting rich while more people are getting addicted. If there is to be successful programs, they need to provide a way out of the darkness, not just another pharmaceutical enrichment program.
The war on cancer was initiated decades after the polio vaccine was released and they knew that there was a carcinogenic component in the vaccine from the monkey kidneys they used to 'grow' the vaccine...they knew there would be a significant number of people getting cancer later down the line...they continued to release a couple hundred thousand contaminated doses.
The war on drugs was initiated as the CIA and other covert organizations were flooding the country with heroin, opium, cocaine, marijuana, etc. which continues to this day. There are other cartels doing the same thing but make no mistake...elements within and associated with government are involved with drug and human trafficking...right now!
This is the world we have created by disconnecting from Source and doing things 'our way'.
Blessings to all! TRUTH, JUSTICE, LIBERTY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND TOUGH LOVE!😎
Another interesting point- under the leadership of Lisa Al-Hakim, a self proclaimed "Anarcho-Arab" who worked for CC public health after having her "needle ferry" car stolen in Oregon, the county purchased and outfitted a brand new van to distribute needles, foil and pipes all over the county with a focus on the west end. over a year later JKT added a mobile medical bus in part to address drug use on the west end. Al-hakim worked for Peoples Harm Reduction Alliance prior to her role at CC, and returned to PHRA in an executive postion after leaving CC. PHRA supports continued drug use and is against offering treatment.
The radical muslim anti-American thing is very real...not dissing on all Muslims of course but there is a master plan to take over the world.(one of many)..see what has happened in UK and you will get the picture.
I was a drug tester for many years and serviced many of the tribes in our state. I repeatedly said that these treatment centers were just masking one drug for another. As I talked with tribal members who are going through these treatment centers, I asked if they have been tapering down. Many said no they can’t do that, they can’t live without the drug methadone, etc. The purpose of the treatment center was to get people off of drugs, help them stay off drugs etc. Don’t get me wrong, there was a few that wanted to get off but after 5 yrs or so, they were back into drugs.
These treatment centers need to get people off of all addiction and help them in the mental health area to help them stay off, like AA does with alcohol
Chris, what you wrote is a fact and I'm sure there are many people, including the addicted that would testify to it.
Agreed.... These MAT clinics are putting bandaids on bullet holes. Imagine going to the hospital daily to change your bandage for a continuously inflicted wound and Medicare/Medicaid is charged $700 for the rest of your life. Instead of at least attempting to fix the problem the first time. I guess the real question here is who truly benefits from the process. I guarantee you it is not the addict or the taxpayers.
Not even Sparky Anderson could win every major league game. Its time to learn how to deal with losses. a job in the blue pages isn't going to solve the problem. We have already tried that. It just grows and grows year after year like every other gove-ment position.
The harm reduction plan is just like the homeless plan. It's a giant money laundering scheme. All this money coming on and no accountability.
HOMELESS PLAN: Free Housing = Free Food = Free Health Care = Free Drugs = Free Pizza Parties = Free Drug Paraphernalia = Free Clothing = Free Overnight Parking = Free Dog Wash
New billboard coming soon: "Welcome to the popular stay and play County. Homeless? No need to work, harm reduction is working for you! " Paid for by people scratching out a living
Free Bus Fare too!!!!
You forgot the part that explains, "there's no such thing as free, though!" The people who work here, shop here, own houses, property, or businesses are actually paying for it!
With federal debt attached on the 'overhead'.
Nothing is free here in this realm...every breath comes with effort no matter how conscious or unconscious we are about it.
Every breath is painful for me (old spinal injuries) so I am very aware of the 'cost' of even breathing.
Blessings to all...TRUTH, JUSTICE, LIBERTY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND TOUGH LOVE!😎
we need to sort out our "homeless". There are those who have major mental deficiencies, mental and physical illness, and those who are really incapable of caring for themselves. Sure, the others, the lazy and losers, but they are a different group. We have always had ne'er-do-wells, transients that just lacked ambition, and never made any meaningful contributions. But, the number of those -- are greatly out-numbered by the people who are suffering: PTSD, chronic disease, mental illness. Those are the people who turn to drugs to 'treat' themselves.
People who are just unable to manage their lives could still contribute to society -- if there were a path, and support. What we don't have is THAT.
Mimi, there is a system to sort and aid the needs of the homeless. There are grants monies for the physically disabled and those with chronic diseases. Medications are supplied for mental illness, most times they become homeless because they choose to go off their medications, a frequent problem even with those that aren't homeless.
The ones that are lazy and losers are not a small percentage. These addicts take advantage of the system by getting themselves grouped into some of the other groups who have added benefits. Addicts are the best actors and manipulators you will ever meet.
There are those that are given places to stay, but they don't like the rules, rules put there to help them on the way to recovery. One path not chosen.
Homelessness becomes a way of life not easily broken if one prefers that sort of freedom, on camera you will hear the hardships, off camera they only want the help that conforms to their choices. In large instances our pathways is not theirs.
Don't forget NGOs...how much does Mark receive from the NGOs he's managed to get himself on. That's proven to be the most profitable money laundering mechanism for profit by local politicians. And what is the best way to keep the money flow secret? Refusing to answer questions!
Those numbers are insane. This has nothing to do with compassion.Thinking about all of Washington and what those totals could be. Yet people that have paid into medicare all their lives have to wait till 65 to get it? Thinking the three strikes and you are out should come into play.
Once you get Social Security you still have to PAY for Medicare. Its not free.
Unless you are an illegal alien....
I'd have to sneak into Canada to find out about that...
More of the same from the left.
"Just believe that we care. I said BELIEVE! Stop looking so closely for transparency."
This article exposes the flaws of an approach that prioritizes enabling addiction over resolving it, and it demands a harder look at what’s truly needed. Half-measures, like needle exchanges or safe injection sites, create bigger problems by normalizing destructive behaviors, delaying real recovery. Addiction sinks its roots so deep that many cannot—or will not—extract themselves, no matter the tools provided. As a society, we must stop pretending addicts can fix themselves and instead commit to comprehensive, lifelong systems to keep them clean, even if it means intervening against their will.
We need to create robust frameworks—combining medical care, mental health support, and, when necessary, rehabilitative incarceration—funded by our communities for the greater good. This isn’t about punishment but about recognizing that addiction often strips away rational decision-making. We wouldn’t let a suffering animal endure such neglect, yet we hesitate to act decisively for humans trapped in this crisis. The article critiques harm reduction’s soft touch, and it’s clear we need real-world solutions: mandatory treatment programs, long-term rehabilitation facilities, and strict accountability. Prosecute crimes as needed, but prioritize recovery over punishment. Society must bear the cost of caring for those who can’t care for themselves, just as we would for any human unable to function. Harm reduction has seduced us long enough—it’s time for whole solutions that reclaim lives and protect our communities.
Jason I hear what you are saying, however, forcing addicts to do treatment or mandating they must do this or that is a waste of time, resources and money. I hear what you’re saying, I believed it too at one time in my life. I was promised by law enforcement my nephew would be given treatment before he was released from prison for elder abuse. Before his release he was given the choice to go into an opioid treatment program or serve an additional 30 days in prison….he chose to stay longer in prison & was released with the stipulation if he broke any of their rules he’d be returned immediately. Within 6 months he was back in prison for possession. I asked why he was not put into the treatment program as promised & they explained from prior experiences forcing addicts to do treatment never works. Unfortunately they are right so anyone who thinks mandatory treatment works they are fooling themselves. I worked for AT&T with alcoholics and drug addicts trying to save their jobs and ultimately their lives. My mother died addicted to Vicadin (85 years old who cares), my SIL has been to rehab 4 times for Oxy & Kratom he’s 40, my nephew has been an oxy addict since he as 16 he’s 41, his father was an alcoholic, my half brother I never knew died from prescription drug use probably oxy age 35, my only Uncle was an alcoholic his whole life & he contributed nothing raising his children. Alcohol & drugs kills people and everyone who loves them. I’ve learned save those who want to be saved and leave the rest because there is always someone waiting in line for the opportunity to turn their life around don’t waste time on those who could care less.
You are most certainly correct. Unless we have the will to fund the care of these people long term, we may as well wash our hands of them and accept the effect it has on our communities.
In theory, the society that finds the will to-do the above would also have found the will to put an end to the upstream sources and systemic abuse as well.
Papai, obviously you know what you are talking about, you are as right as right can be.
"save those who want to be saved and leave the rest"
Excellent ideas...however who is going to administer and pay for it all...If we had the will to do it the costs would still be astronomical and endless...for the tiny minority who cannot and will not help themselves...I'm not compassionless...just the opposite actually...I've struggled with many earthly 'attractions' and found the 'system' useless to help me...only I and The Father/Mother can be of any help against the ways of the world.
Repentance means changing one's mind but we can't do it without Higher support.
Blessings to all and TRUTH, JUSTICE, LIBERTY, ACCOUNTABILITY, TOUGH LOVE😊
Shocking to see that patients in the tribes medication assisted treatment (MAT) clinic bring them over $700 per visit and that they will pay for up to 5 visits a day on Medicaid. No other insurance allows this BS. It is also a well known fact that most of the addicts will need opioids for the rest of their life as the overwhelming majority that stop their prescriptions return to street drugs. That is to say they will be addicts for life. Prevention. Prevention. Prevention. This mean fixing social media, the errosion of family values, gender confusion etc. Getting cheap drugs off the street would also help, but we know the full on "war on drugs" was not effective.
CWeber, the MAT clinic has the perfect business setup. What doctor or clinic wouldn't want a guaranteed "lifetime payment plan". Actually, the only thing the clinic is missing is Golden Arches and a drive up window.
There are many good folks who honorably attempt to work to help others with their drug addictions and associated issues, however those who are controlling the direction of most of these efforts know well that if they succeed in substantially reducing the problems that they will lose their excuses for funding and eventually their own jobs~! Most folks have no clue just how criminally corrupt the medical & so-called "healthcare" industrial complex really is, however, the entire structure is without doubt geared to generate & foster more & more illnesses to keep the money and power ever increasing. That kind of evil is nearly invisible to most good folks who would never even suspect that was going on right in front of them. The problem with "The Sickness model" of healthcare is well known enough to have been portrayed even in Hollywood movie and TV productions where it is often stated one way or another that "There is no profit in a healthy patient"~! So of course, these local criminals will jump on that "profit and control" bandwagon~! Great job again Jeff Tozzer~! You continue to be many years ahead of our time in history as you give our local community important information and the REAL problems to consider. We will never be able to improve our government and community, until we identify and understand the real root of the problems~! Cheers~! Mike
Great comment. Unbelievable how a for profit can legally act as a non profit and bill Medicaid $50k plus a day ( low estimate). I'm sure they're happy with the free bus service to and from PA.
Thank you very much for the compliment, Steve Zink~!
I am just happy that I can do my small part, much like you and all of the other wonderful folks who are speaking up against the criminals within our communities, country and world. So, my thanks go to you~! Yes, you are correct about the abuses of the greedy incompetent criminals within the so-called "healthcare" industrial complex and just how far they have strayed from anything that resembles compassionate & honorable medical care. There are still some good folks in healthcare, but no doubt fewer now than at any time in Americas' history... My wife was one of the best vascular ultrasound professionals until she was fired and attacked for honestly answering her patients' questions about the COVID "mandates" and the deadly "death jab" vaccines over three years ago now. Being the best in healthcare probably meant that you lost your job or quit over the past several years and that is a tragic loss for our country that may never be corrected. Ha! Yes, the free bus service from Sequim to PA I am sure has been a special gift to those in the hospital who live on enough fat to send fully equipped stretch limousines to fetch their victims~! The good news is that my/our research definitely indicates that the old evil & corrupt Rockefeller "medical matrix" is being allowed to crash and burn, and that it surely is, so that the new medical system that has already been born will be brought into play that is based upon patients' best interests first in a "wellness" model~! I am confident that once the useful idiots are delt with and the criminals are out of the picture so they can't cause any more trouble, that the new system will be coming in and very beneficial hidden technology will be revealed ;-) Enjoy a great Sunday~! Sincerely, Mike
Invest in BlackRock and Vanguard (many are) and you too can profit from human misery!
Consciousness is not easy to gain or maintain....It's exhausting...but I can't go back to 'sleep'!😀
Great comment Robert~!
Yes, I am afraid that many good folks have been duped into investing their retirement money and other accounts in EXTREMELY dangerous and evil companies because of the rigged stock market system and especially the rigged 401K and other retirement management scams that force folks into heavily managed programs where they have absolutely no say in where their monies are Invested~! It is a classic trap~! I was actually born into the stock market and banking industrial complex because of my mother's profession, so I just happen to know a great deal about the scams within the industry... You are absolutely correct, that "Consciousness" is VERY hard won and will test your ethics, morals, and Patriotism, but this life experience is all one BIG test anyway. The truly good folks are stepping up to prove themselves at this time of urgent need when it matters most, and the idiots, cowards and traitors are proving themselves for all to see... The wheat is being separated from the chaff my friend~! None of us are perfect and everyone makes all sorts of mistakes, but this is without doubt the greatest test of Intelligence and backbone that the world has ever witnessed~! Ha! All my life I have heard many people say that it would have been "cool" to have lived in very difficult times of history, but I am too good of an historian to have let that go without reminding those people that those are BY FAR the most dangerous and deadly difficult times to live through. Recently I have wondered just how many people think that the past several years has been "cool to live through"~! Ha Ha Ha Ha!!!! We are all here at this time in history for a purpose and I am thankful for being blessed enough to have so many good folks to go through these difficult times with~! Have a great Sunday and keep the faith~! Sincerely, Mike
Treatment centers are a very lucrative racket and the drug addicted/homeless are treated as commodities by brokers who get paid (commission) to transport those addicts/homeless from city to city when their tax payer funded insurance runs dry.
A good article published by the Guardian in 2017 (and used by Save Our Sequim at a presentation to four of our elected officials at the time): https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2017/dec/20/bussed-out-america-moves-homeless-people-country-study.
Gayle, it isn't just the cities that bus problem addicted/homeless elsewhere, hospitals do it to. All people walking into any ER (or for that matter any type of treatment center) has to EVALUATED $$ and be treated if it is considered an emergency regardless of the ability to pay. Of course the homeless have no way of paying and the hospital has to absorb the cost. The homeless know this and have a higher rate of visits for non emergency complaints. Some quite ridiculous. Hospitals have learned to save cost by buying tickets for the "frequent flyers" to wherever that person wants to go, plus giving pocket money for an incentive to leave. It adds to the high cost of health care.
The “perfect storm”….the boat (gonna need a bigger boat) is going down, sinking down down down into the darkness deep below & with no life jackets, rafts or helicopter will save them all, maybe only a few, maybe? ADDICTION: being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically (or both) habit-forming.
We’ve all seen it or personally experienced it for eons, even back in the Wild West or Indians smoking their peace pipes addiction existed. Yet no clinics existed back then. Why? The town drunk or the huffing Indian didn’t have an option to be used for profit, they eventually died instead. There was no “for profit” back in the day. People got alcohol in saloons or made it in stills. Eventually evolution of government provided drugs and alcohol everywhere legally. We have liquor, pot, kratom stores for people to buy & get high. It’s all a racket. Making money off selling and then treating the addicted most likely will not go away, it’s a steady stream of addiction for all involved. Our society & government encourages addiction and dependency in almost every aspect of our lives to CONTROL everyone. Our government makes the laws and we pay for it all, CONTROL CONTROL CONTROL………..name of the game.
Ozias is the problem, not the solution.
There was never a shortage of Vodka in Russia. It was the opiate of the masses when there was not enough bread.
So true! Always distraction and numbing available! What a scheme.
The ancient stories of mankind evolving into modern form (different cultures around the world) tell of 'beings' who taught us agriculture and animal husbandry.
The first thing we were 'taught' was concentrated growing of grains and fruits and how to make 'brews'. Mostly beers and wines before distilling became a thing.
Somebody knew / knows us well!
The Chinese laborers who built our railroads, etc. were given lots of opium so they didn't have to think too much about their miserable existence.
We are not a very healthy species over all and our rulers are not loving beings in general.
School of hard knocks!😊
It does seem like the removal of Ozais would be a good start to solve an CC problems. The second one is tribe affiliation can not be used to fund a campaign. It is a rigged system, but
Any system that’s been created can be dismantled so no one profits from continued drug addiction, just to name one.
April 2019 Suboxone maker Reckitt Benckiser to pay $1.4 billion in the largest opioid settlement in US history. The settlement was to cover multiple investigation into the company's subsidiary, Indiver and its alleged marketing of its drug, the US Department of Justice said.
Small peanuts to pay for pharm business. Can you imagine whole buildings being constructed just to distribute addictive drugs such as Suboxone or Methadone that "maybe" only break addiction in a very small percentage. I can't.
[this comment is in response to your email that also highlighted the “Most popular CC Watchdog comment ever” about the family on a bike ride along ODT]
I feel like our Staff and Council don’t believe this is happening. Please document with photos/video and post to social media anytime you see something. Comments on social media don’t have the same impact. I personally have no idea if we are improving or deteriorating. I suspect it is the latter. The PDN doesn’t report on everything, and even the crime statistics are misleading. This is why I like the before and after pics from 4PA. You can clearly see the outcome of their work. Does anyone have a pic of the vandalism that occurred at Rayonier Mill site? the City Council meeting agenda this week has a proposal to approve a $55,000 clean up cost for vandals cutting down power poles and letting the mineral oil spill from transformers that were on the pole.
Homeless/drug addicts are in the eye of the beholder.
I don’t see them as potential clients or dollar signs. Maybe that’s why people in the city council and other organizations don’t “see” the problem?
The comment about the “bike ride” was mine.
Unfortunately I did not stop to take pictures or video and post it to social media. I’m just not that kind of person.
I don’t have a Facebook or Nextdoor account.
It was hard for me to post the experience that my family had and the only reason I did so was because my daughter was traumatized.
It really seems like the elephant in the room for Clallam County has become the drug addicted homeless that are absolutely infesting the area.
It seems to me that harm reduction has exponentially increased the issue since being monetized.
Perhaps a letter to Council? Or even better presenting at City Council meeting? I feel they need to see this brought up in a public forum at every meeting! I wish I could spend more time on this issue. My focus is more on economic development and housing. I don't know how to dig into the crime and drugs. Even Chief Smith proactively admitted to me (after I complimented him on the decline in the crime statistics), that the data can be misleading. He noted that when we have one large incident (the shooting outside of Chase bank was the example), it consumes so many resources that it causes a decline in the number of police responses to other crimes. I live outside of the downtown area both to be closer to nature, but also for the safety of my family. At the current rate of deterioration, I fear the only solution at some point is for me and my family to move elsewhere.
Steven, unfortunately a large number of CC residents are expressing the same view. ; (
Yesterday my husband took my daughter to attend a camping skills class outside of Carlsborg.
Along the way on Highway 101, right before the bridge crossing the Dungeness River there was a traffic jam.
The traffic was being created by a man who was pulled over onto the shoulder with 1/3 of his car sticking out onto the highway.
Traffic was blocked and people were attempting to use the center median to go around the scene this dude had created.
Apparently another guy with a truck/trailer had pulled over to help this man creating the drama.
I asked my husband what they were doing and he said that it appeared that a bottle of pills had been spilled across the highway and dude was desperately crawling around to pick up the drugs from the road before cars ran them over.
There were other assorted belongings strewn along the roadway and he was chucking those items to the shoulder.
My family went around the blockage and continued on wondering what in the name of Hades they had just witnessed?
I just don’t remember seeing this number of incidents in the last fifteen years that I have lived here in Sequim.
There have always been colorful characters in this area but this has officially reached a level of complete unbalance.
This is not a good sign for the future of this area folks!
Erin, thank you for your very telling insight. County officials do read CCWD, although many make no comments, I'm sure your message came through loud and clear.
Silence is an admission of complicity from County or any "officials". They lurk to glean information which is used to side-step or derail any opposition to their nefarious agenda(s). There are careers to be had or accommodated via so-called harm reduction, homelessness and any other dysfunctional behavioral engineered crises. NGOs and non-profits exist, in current mindsets, to perpetuate these activities, and of which grants are presented on the number of "clients" utilizing their services, to Citizen Taxpayer (intentional caps) detriment and expense. NGOs and non-profit goals are to build a base on which to operate and "thrive", therby creating dependents who will likely never achieve indepandence, the preferred outcome.
Timothy, hopefully the pendulum will be swinging back from "pity the dependent, they can't help themselves" to a more realistic "life isn't easy, it's up to you to make your life worthwhile"
Actually, there have been comments by a few officials. I can say some reader replies were attacking in nature, but on the whole, CCWD carries a higher standard, not by Jeff editing, but by the subscribers themselves.
It's refreshing when officials clarify their points and the replies are honest and sincere. Kinda embarrassing when the replies from readers are a full frontal assault. But that goes with the territory.
Agreed, Jennifer. It is difficult to re-establish trust in government entities or officials that have forgotten their reason to be; not impossible, but does take time and a willingness to work for the common good. Personal attacks only aggravates an already sensitive balance, though I do understand the frustrations during the interim.
They know but it's a profitable throw away. They get to look compassionate and altruistic and, in the meantime, those pesky long-time homeowners in the area give up the ghost and sell, pack their bags and move away. Get a behind the scenes look at TAFY, Amy Miller's position now on the council, and Serenity House and you'll see that Port Angeles is the perfect ground zero. The pandemic fed people who had previously only had pennies to utilize for their drugs a substantial windfall, and the result was an increase in overdoses and deaths. Take away that supplemental income and voila, an increase in crime to now fuel a further strengthened addiction. It's a grant funded shell game.
Operation "kingpin" is the worst. OPNET figures out the dealer and user list pretty quick. They usually have no problem getting one of their skells to hang out at the Junction or the Wreck with a Motorola to capture the details. Its getting the kingpin that takes so long. It seems they were willing to live with the kingpin until Karen Unger and the Hall of Justice league filled up with legal fees cash and property seizures.
Operation kingpin will kill a loved one, will wreck marriages and will cause permanent damage..but its the hall of justice league that earns a living wage off the process. They could intervene and save a criminal informant before its too late..but..its that 150 thousand dollar case seizure and the Sunland house seizure that drives them.
There has been substance addiction throughout history. I don’t claim to know all the answers but have conquered my own and have a small window into cause and effect. I have also seen decades of attempts to solve the problem of substance addiction. I will attempt to share my thoughts, formed from my own experience and observations of the attempts made to solve the problems associated with substance addiction. I used alcohol to ‘soothe the rage’ inside and find self-esteem, or so I thought. It didn’t work. So, what do government programs provide for a cure. AA and other programs provide step programs and instructional programs, maybe some counseling, none of which helped me. My wife and son provided the incentive to pull my head out and stop the addiction. I am fortunate to have had that help. Bottom line here is that, after given the incentive, “I” stepped up to the plate. I was able to succeed due to many conditions, the number one was economic. I was able to work, provide for my family, educate myself, hold a job, and advance in my career. Enough of me, how about what we see daily on the streets and alleyways of the county? This county has all the natural beauty one could ask for. It has all the resources necessary for providing a vibrant economy, logging, tourism, and shipping lanes, among others. All one needs to do is open one’s eyes and see the economic dull drums the county is in. The reason I am focusing on the economy is I believe without a robust economic recovery, there will be no addiction recovery. If you do get someone out of substance addiction, what incentive is there to go through the everyday grind? Why bother. Where are the jobs? Money being spent on rehabilitation will not produce real lasting results unless the “WELLNESS” of the county is there first. I know this is only touching the tip of the ice berg, but that’s a question I saw posted and decided to give you my answer of where to start. Just a thought.
What an interesting perspective that basically we can blame our decades long left-leaning Commissioners for not being more focused on providing economic opportunity. I can run this theory out further to money and conflicts of interest in my head
There might be a light at the end of the tunnel if what I heard at the last Port meeting with the Clallam County Commissioners working together on attracting business here. Priorities need looking into. We can all input ideas and I think we can influence change without standing on a corner yelling profanities to accomplish. Speaking out at local government meetings is a place to start as well as this forum. Thanks for bringing us together Jeff. Lots more intelligent folks than me out hear to answer these questions.
I should be thanking all of you.
You do every day!
If only our leaders would listen.
CCC are not interested in the economic health of our county.
They are following the policies and mandates of foreign puppet masters and kowtowing to local agents of NWO.
They will not lead us into prosperity of any kind...they need to go.😎
I was surprised to hear Bruce Emery's statement at one of the Charter Commission meetings that the county has plenty of companies wanting to relocate out here. I don't think he exactly stated what the hold up is but if they're out there then maybe recompete money should ho to that cause instead of some of the other Commissioner re-election options.
He mentioned infrastructure like water for fire suppression at possible facilities and traffic corridors for raw materials and finished products and state regulations and building restrictions. A subject for an upcoming article I bet.😗
Thanks , Eric!😊
Very, very sad. Too many people are hurting and in pain, and greedy people find an insidious way to exploit these crises for profit. Some unscrupulous people from many entities invited these crises into CC with open arms, red carpets, and silver-tongued promises. Question everything! Never be satisfied with the answer! Jeff, this must have been a difficult article to write, as your family has lived here for over a century. Seeing the ugly changes is heartbreaking. Once again, you have the courage to write the truth and report it. Thank you for not giving up.
You're welcome. I feel saddest for Port Angeles. It used to be such a treat to go there: McLane's for shoes, Lamont's for back-to-school shopping, People's, Bay Variety, etc. Now it's just a shell of its former self.
So the Democrats in Olympia have cut programs that work while approving the biggest state tax hike ever.
https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/budget-cuts-threaten-anti-crime-programs-across-washington-state/281-58e7fedf-009b-4244-973f-e2b4a4d48519#
The living wage machine rumbles on.
They have no desire to help anyone. It’s all about hiring social justice warriors who donate part of their income back to the Democrats.
Demway
Dang Mark, so now its not just the homeless we need to support and coddle but also low level criminals? What?! So, to fight crime, low level criminals need a hug? The interview with Rebeka who lost her boyfriend to a drug overdose and needed "saving" is insane even in the reading. She has been "saved" for now, but the veracity comes with time. Knock me over with a feather on this L.E.A.D (Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion) program.
Rebeka, "It's scary, you don't know where you'll sleep and you don't know if you're going to go to jail. It's dangerous" Yes Rebeka, there is no Santa Claus but there are laws.
For real.
We have tried just say no.. we've tried washing..scrubbing..soaking..and we still have drug ring around our collar.
Its time for Bartertown to open up in the county. All the non functioning addicts should be given their own space paid for by their own habit. No more pusher man that owns a tobacco store to launder the score. The County declares under U.S.C. 885 d that they are trying to stop illegal drug sales. Then make it legal by hiring the people already dealing the junk in an RV near you. Narcan sold separately. Consider a pragmatic waste management model..Bartertown will pay for itself and be out of site and the ring around or collar will be where we cant see it or have to pay for it. Why does everyone have to die for the State Department or the pharmaceutical culling apple cart.
It's like am still stuck in the small town zero tolerance drug war that has syphoned infrastructure money just like the cold war that never stopped. Only now the drug war funding has slowed its still there but still just as ineffective as it always has been.
The real solution is not intervention by the point of a gun.
Its Bartertown..
https://mustreadalaska.com/they-be-going-down-at-barter-town/
Barter Town in Alaska is a good read. It is a glimpse of what is happening in CC.
I have only experienced non-intervention recovery success. ie I am going to quit...ME...I am going to stop.. All the treatment magic dust never works. It feeds the cogs and wheels and runs the pay or appear hamster wheel.
All intervention I have seen has failed. Its that voice in your head.."I can't believe that...my own son...he is weak...he needs a crutch.." It sounds like a good country song but its the only hope a person has. They either have that voice in their own head or they don't..Nobody else is going to put it there. No wizard of Oz,,no Doctor Oz...Just self control.
I too pulled my head out and stopped my own demise. If you have a ring in your nose, someone or something is going to grab it and pull.
Where have all the years of WAR ON DRUGS led us? Follow the money. Somebody's getting rich while more people are getting addicted. If there is to be successful programs, they need to provide a way out of the darkness, not just another pharmaceutical enrichment program.
The war on cancer was initiated decades after the polio vaccine was released and they knew that there was a carcinogenic component in the vaccine from the monkey kidneys they used to 'grow' the vaccine...they knew there would be a significant number of people getting cancer later down the line...they continued to release a couple hundred thousand contaminated doses.
The war on drugs was initiated as the CIA and other covert organizations were flooding the country with heroin, opium, cocaine, marijuana, etc. which continues to this day. There are other cartels doing the same thing but make no mistake...elements within and associated with government are involved with drug and human trafficking...right now!
This is the world we have created by disconnecting from Source and doing things 'our way'.
Blessings to all! TRUTH, JUSTICE, LIBERTY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND TOUGH LOVE!😎
Only if it has a high force field/wall around it like “Escape from New York.”
Snake Pliskin would be the trustee.
Amen.
Another interesting point- under the leadership of Lisa Al-Hakim, a self proclaimed "Anarcho-Arab" who worked for CC public health after having her "needle ferry" car stolen in Oregon, the county purchased and outfitted a brand new van to distribute needles, foil and pipes all over the county with a focus on the west end. over a year later JKT added a mobile medical bus in part to address drug use on the west end. Al-hakim worked for Peoples Harm Reduction Alliance prior to her role at CC, and returned to PHRA in an executive postion after leaving CC. PHRA supports continued drug use and is against offering treatment.
Hate to inform you, Lisa prefers "they/them."
The radical muslim anti-American thing is very real...not dissing on all Muslims of course but there is a master plan to take over the world.(one of many)..see what has happened in UK and you will get the picture.
They will not be loving masters...just sayin'!😳