A practical and much-needed piece of legislation. I'm unable to travel to Salem on Thursday, but will certainly submit written comments. Thanks for spearheading this!
Just a little off topic, I wish we had a true needle exchange here, where a drug user has to bring back a used needle to get a clean one. As it is now, users can throw their used needles anywhere; in children’s playgrounds, the street, etc. and leave it up to others to clean up their bio-hazard mess. It is like in this city we have to tiptoe around the homeless and the addicted, cannot ask them to have a shred of responsibility or accountability less we offend them in some manner. They are quite capable of returning bottles and cans, why not their used needles? Make it a true needle exchange.
Solid legislation being proposed here, let’s make our voices heard.
Brilliant--lock in "harm reduction," just not in certain places and around our kids.
The idea of giving tinfoil, pipes, and clean needles is juice for Homelessness Inc.™ and a disaster for everyone not on the public payroll. Stop subsidizing addiction...seems pretty simple.
Tomorrow morning, Wednesday, February 4 at 10 AM, KATU News will be at the corner of NW 19th and Couch to speak with community members about SB 1573 for Thursdays’s session in Salem.
Good work on getting this in front of the legislature. The neighborhood owes you a debt. I’m just sorry what should be considered obvious requires legislation.
A practical and much-needed piece of legislation. I'm unable to travel to Salem on Thursday, but will certainly submit written comments. Thanks for spearheading this!
Just a little off topic, I wish we had a true needle exchange here, where a drug user has to bring back a used needle to get a clean one. As it is now, users can throw their used needles anywhere; in children’s playgrounds, the street, etc. and leave it up to others to clean up their bio-hazard mess. It is like in this city we have to tiptoe around the homeless and the addicted, cannot ask them to have a shred of responsibility or accountability less we offend them in some manner. They are quite capable of returning bottles and cans, why not their used needles? Make it a true needle exchange.
Solid legislation being proposed here, let’s make our voices heard.
Brilliant--lock in "harm reduction," just not in certain places and around our kids.
The idea of giving tinfoil, pipes, and clean needles is juice for Homelessness Inc.™ and a disaster for everyone not on the public payroll. Stop subsidizing addiction...seems pretty simple.
Here is the link to submit written testimony: https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Testimony/SECBH/SB/1573/0000-00-00-00-00?area=Measures
Tomorrow morning, Wednesday, February 4 at 10 AM, KATU News will be at the corner of NW 19th and Couch to speak with community members about SB 1573 for Thursdays’s session in Salem.
Good work on getting this in front of the legislature. The neighborhood owes you a debt. I’m just sorry what should be considered obvious requires legislation.