Thank you for your kind words. I don't pigeonhole well because I don't buy into anyone's "complete package". As "Treebeard" famously said, "I am not altogether on anybody’s side, because nobody is altogether on my side..."
Anybody up for a random meme dump?
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There are three kinds of lies: Lies, damned lies, and statistics. --Mark Twain
So what you're saying is Oregon's gubment is doing a better job rehabilitating druggies than Tennessee is? Cool. Probably doesn't reduce the fent zombies I see on my way to work every morning. But even if a few of those people that get better care are able to turn their lives around, I say its a good thing. Drug addiction is a scourge upon our nation.
KennethS
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It’s one of the few places that has a poop map you can download to your phone.
KennethS
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I didn’t see any rehabilitation numbers, just survival rate numbers.
There ya go.
Oregon's Deliberate Scale-Up: In response to its massive spike in fatalities leading up to 2023, Oregon intentionally initiated and expanded specialized post-reversal care programs—such as mobile Overdose Response Teams (ORTs) that start buprenorphine directly on the street and low-barrier Behavioral Health Resource Networks (BHRNs)—to stabilize patients immediately after they are revived
Tennessee's Gap: While Tennessee has a high volume of Narcan, it lacks the widespread deployment of these specialized post-reversal pathways. Its formal treatment clinics remain heavily bottlenecked, meaning individuals who survive an overdose are frequently returned directly to active addiction without long-term stabilization, leading to repeat, fatal events.
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KennethS
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What you posted is immediate after-care for overdoses and not long term rehabilitation.
"leading to repeat, fatal events." Is breaking the habit not what rehabilitation is intended to do? JFC the AI didn't literally use the word rehabilitation. Use some fucking critical thinking.
KennethS
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Behavioral Health Resource Networks (BHRNs) are community-based systems of care providers in Oregon established by Ballot Measure 110. They offer free or low-barrier, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive substance use treatment, harm reduction, and recovery support services.
Core Services Provided
- Screenings and assessments: Quick access to behavioral health evaluations.
- Peer support: Mentorship and counseling from individuals with shared lived experiences.
- Harm reduction: Supplies, education, and overdose-reversal medication like naloxone.
- Treatment access: Low-barrier entry into substance use disorder treatment programs.
- Housing and stability: Transitional housing help along with employment or crisis resource connections.
while we're on the subject of substance abuse...
View: https://x.com/jayplemons/status/2085130488516350129?s=20
View: https://x.com/jayplemons/status/2085130488516350129?s=20
You can try to spin it however you want. Oregoon's guberment seems to think spending billions of dollars per year on drug addicts is a good thing. Instead of investing in the countless other programs that would benefit the entire state and most likely reduce drug use in the process.
- Measure 110 & Grants: The state spent or allocated nearly $800 million over a five-year period for a network of treatment, housing, harm reduction, and peer support.
- Broader Economic Toll: According to an analysis by the Common Sense Institute, the broader annual economic cost of the fentanyl and substance crisis in Oregon exceeds $31 billion annually when factoring in healthcare impacts, lost productivity, and criminal justice involvement.
- Healthcare Utilization: The Oregon Health Authority reported over 10,000 overdose-related emergency department visits and more than 4,000 hospitalizations statewide in a single recent year, creating significant ongoing strain on hospital budgets and Medicaid.
Education and Youth Services
K-12 Budget Gaps: Direct funding to local school districts to prevent teacher layoffs and reduce classroom sizes.
Special Education: Expand funding for specialized staff, speech therapists, and learning counselors.
Career and Technical Education (CTE): Build and equip vocational workshops in high schools for trade training.
Early Childhood Education: Subsidize preschool slots for low- and middle-income working families.
Public Safety and Infrastructure
Police Recruitment: Fund hiring bonuses and training academies to address officer shortages in major cities.
Road and Bridge Repair: Accelerate maintenance on deteriorating state highways and structurally deficient bridges.
Clean Water Systems: Upgrade aging municipal water treatment facilities and sewer lines in rural communities.
Public Transit: Expand routes and increase the frequency of bus and light rail services.
Community Healthcare and Senior Care
Primary Care Access: Build community health clinics in federally designated provider-shortage areas.
Senior Services: Increase funding for Meals on Wheels and state-subsidized in-home care aides.
General Medicaid Pools: Lower wait times and expand dental or vision coverage for low-income working families.
Tax Relief and Economic Support
Property Tax Relief: Create credits or freezes for senior citizens and fixed-income homeowners.
Small Business Grants: Offer development grants to local businesses recovering from economic downturns or vandalism.
But nooooo it's more important to make it look like they are solving the drug problem your fucked up policies created in the first place...
Take your own advice Gooner. I wasn't the one you replied to and he's not from Idaho... SMH!
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