“…What will it take for us to realize that the same funding dollars used to arrest, prosecute and imprison drug usage could be spent to help rather than punish people.
Think of the lives that could be saved if we chose to fund harm reduction programs …
… and to make the overdose antidote naloxone readily available.
A dose of naloxone that costs approximately $10 could have saved my son.
Consider what common sense and good policy it is to pass Good Samaritan 911 laws that allow people to report an overdose without fearing arrest.
It is a mystery why a society would rather make a drug bust … than let a person with drugs call 911 to save a life.
We are taught that nothing is as powerful as a good education – and I believe that –
- and yet we neglect to educate young people with a realistic drug education curriculum.
And, finally, we make noise about drug treatment programs …
… and then do not support our elected representatives to pass legislation that provides adequate funding…” (cont..)
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