Another drag out the obligatory law enforcement and health officials, shake hands, let people vent and make people "feel good".
There has been no reduction; there has been plenty of harm. There has been an increase in needles, people openly shooting up and concerns ignored by most of the City of Eureka Councilmembers, our Fourth District Supervisor and you.
If you were serious about opoids, you would have listened to the constituents about Prop 47. Both you and Supervisor Bass could tell Governor Jerry Brown, how citizens feel and initiated repeal efforts.
Here is a part of comment referring to what "Hogranch" thinks of Senator McGuire (on Kym Kemp's site):
this should be interesting, how does a politician solve any problems? ive seen this guy in action before, he cant or wont answer a question that is a direct one, that will be the way he handles the pill usage scenario"
Press Release (from Senator McGuire):
The opioid crisis has hit California hard, and in Humboldt County the impact is even more devastating — the county has the second highest rate of opioid overdoses in the state per capita.
That’s why Senator McGuire and Humboldt County Supervisor Virginia Bass, are bringing the community together for a collaborative conversation about this statewide crisis and how we can work to advance solutions here on the North Coast.
“The opioid crisis has impacted communities big and small all across our country, and the North Coast has been hit especially hard. We have to take a comprehensive look at effective strategies to tackle this crisis and implement a variety of options since there is no silver bullet,” Senator Mike McGuire said. “That’s why Supervisor Bass and I are bringing leaders at both the state and local level together tomorrow to focus on solutions to one of our community’s biggest challenges.”
According to state statistics: The opioid overdose rate for the state in 2016 was 4.6 per 100,000 residents. The Humboldt County rate was nearly five times higher at 22.35 per 100,000.
Senator McGuire and Supervisor Bass will be hosting statewide and local experts, health professionals and addiction specialists at the community-wide meeting. They’ll be focused on potential solutions that will help solve this tragic crisis, you’ll hear how Humboldt County is addressing the epidemic and we’ll hear about what’s worked — and more importantly — what mistakes we should not repeat based on experiences from other states when it comes to potential solutions here on the North Coast.
“Our community is on the front lines of the opioid epidemic in California and we are working hard to combat this from every angle,” said Supervisor Virginia Bass. “I am grateful for Senator McGuire’s work and look forward to a thoughtful and productive Town Hall discussion to move the needle on solutions to this crisis.”
Town Hall details:
WHAT: Town Hall on California’s Opioid Crisis: Focusing on solutions for the North Coast
WHEN: TOMORROW, Tuesday, November 14, from 6 to 8 p.m.
WHERE: Sequoia Conference Center, located at the Humboldt County Office of Education, 901 Myrtle Avenue
ON THE AGENDA:
- Welcome & Introductions: Senator Mike McGuire & Supervisor Virginia Bass
- Statewide Trends in Opioid Use & Best Practices for Addiction, Prevention & Reducing Harm: Marlies Perez, California Department of Health Care Services
- The Opioid Crisis at Home – Humboldt County’s Response: Dana Murguia, Senior Program Manager, DHHS Healthy Communities & Dr. Donald Baird, Humboldt County Public Health Officer
- Overview of opioid crisis in Humboldt County
- Challenges our community is facing with the crisis
- Solutions that are here now and coming in the future
- Treating Addiction with Medical Care: Dr. Willard Hunter, Chief Medical Director, Open Door Community Health Center & Alex Dodd, CEO, Aegis Treatment Centers
- Resiliency, Community and Family: Lisa Dugan, Director of North Coast Regional Department of Child Support Services
- Questions, Conversations & Next Steps: Senator Mike McGuire & Supervisor Virginia Bass
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ReplyDeleteSounds like a big how to on enabling and Liberals slapping each other on the back telling each other how great they are while the City and the County burn to the ground. We'll pass.
ReplyDeleteThanks Chiv. Maybe everybody should show up and demand that the senator helps repeal ab 186?
ReplyDeletelet'm shoot up and go bye bye. The faster they pass from their addition, the faster the Community will heal and recover.
ReplyDeleteChiv, do you realize you allowed a post supporting addicts' deaths?
ReplyDeleteAnon, do you understand what figure of speech is? Do you ask this of other local "news sites" that routinely publish similar and worse comments on a daily basis?
DeleteThe same McGuire that supports the current Medi-Cal and Workers Comp systems that systematically deny timely diagnostic tests and meaningful healing treatments, thus causing people irreparable harm and giving them no real choice to escape their pain but opiates and other drugs that are handed out like candy by the Federally-bankrolled Open Door Shooting Galleries? The same McGuire that wants to expand those horrors to all Californians?
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P.S. And why did we not have a "crisis" when the Taliban were in control of Afghanistan and opium production there had practically been eradicated?
Oh yeah, there *was* a crisis, and the US military went in to make sure production was resumed and protected.
https://www.globalresearch.ca/drug-war-american-troops-are-protecting-afghan-opium-u-s-occupation-leads-to-all-time-high-heroin-production/5358053
Shari Weyde Ferrantino and Michelle Costantine posted in Take Back McKinleyville.
ReplyDelete"Our opiod crisis is at epidemic proportions... Not just here in Humboldt but throughout the Nation.
Tonight’s meeting may/may not shed some light on dealing with this.
I wanted to share this... It was written by Cornelius Lowenstein of Take Back Eureka.
Not to be offending, I know we all have our own religious beliefs so please replace (Jesus) with yours.
"Love for Self and Creation as a Whole makes a Human humane. Jesus doesn't want us to suffer. Enabling abuse, facilitating abuse is prolonging the abuse and creates a normalcy bias and acceptance of abuse aka suffering. The "thing" Jesus in his unconditional Love doesn't want us to live by and under. The addict abuses himself, his family and community until he stops the addiction""
This is what our Liberal Progressive Council idiot's ain't get'n.
And yes there certainly seems to be a correlation between heroin and our military involvement in Afghanistan however, I believe this one is mostly from Mexican and South America Poppies but, it doesn't really matter.
4.8 million dollars for a new opioid Treatment Center, we're going to need a lot more door steps and alcoves for the in comming Junkies that will run though the revolving doors insuring the jobs of the enablers. Like I said one big how to on enabling. Last night's meeting was a full on success for the continued nightmare of drugs addicts we have to endure daily, I nearly had to pepper spray a drug addict in the Crescent City Walmart yesterday it's freaking out of control.
ReplyDeleteEPA and the Energy Department were created to solve all problems. Now they're huge obesely numbered employed. Same crap-build another "we'll save you all-give us your tax money" and the same results-"NOTHING WILL BE CURED OR CHANGED". Let'm croak as I've said. This type of addiction is NOT cureable so phase'm out. Then no addition and no need for opium or any other crap to subdue their reality. You touchy feely socialists and helpers of society need to leave this to natural selection. So there-Anon-I said it again. You don't save people who don't want to save themselves or be part of society!
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