Unfortunately, the majority of people agree with Commissioner Moyer and oppose forced treatment of any kind when it comes to mental health disorders. She does not convince me, however, to change my opinion that both forced treatment is sometimes necessary for a proper balance of public safety, civility and beauty versus the liberty interests of severely ill people. I wish the county would stop funding the deflection center, move away from legally flawed arguments for a separate set of laws for those with drug and alcohol and mental health difficulties. These policies, including drug courts, dismiss the rights of the public to expect that when public laws are violated, punishment is warranted. That could be the first step in rehabilitation. Commissioner Moyer's apparent policies incentivize continued use of drugs in the promise of getting free housing. If we stop enabling drug use by passing out needles to drug addicts and realize that what works for drug addiction exists in the mind and will of those who are addicted, we will be moving in the right direction. Forced treatment is one avenue that can ensure that they will be drug free for a significant period and free to contemplate what is in their best interest when not under the influence of narcotics or other drugs. Forced treatment for severe mental disorders also gives the public agency. It establishes a process whereby one individual both will be held accountable for breaking public laws and that they will be required to be drug free for a period when confined. Strengthening traditional approaches both in the criminal justice system and in the mental health system will help them work together when necessary.
The thing is, civil commitments are not up to her or any of the commissioners. It’s up to state laws and a physician. Health information is also protected so the only possible information she would have access to is the number of civil commitments.
She's living in a dream world. And she really doesn't care about the feral colonizing our streets, since they are the raw material for her allies in NGO-world. As long as we treat the druggies and psychotics with "compassion" they will stay in Portland. That's what she wants.
As an ex addict, her stubborn resistance is killing people on street as well as the economy of the County and State. If you were to ask those who treat addicts a Portland, those who were addicts, they will often tell you that jail and the detox it provided helped get them to recovery. Few, except CCC will tell you that because they get or want County and State funding.
I will continue to scream this from the mountain tops until county leaders learn...75% of the men and women in CityTeam Portland's residential recovery program are court mandated to be there by a judge in just about every county in OR (except Multnomah). Every single one of them (including myself) will tell you it was the best thing that happened to them. The argument of self-autonomy is ironic... sometimes our autonomy needs to be temporally taken away, so that we may regain it down the road. There is no autonomy when you are addicted and living on the street!
Mothers of addicts - addicts who are dead from their addiction, and ones that are still alive - also staunchly support forced treatment. And recovered addicts cite forced treatment as a life-saver for them.
Meghan Moyer and what she represents, has become a political impediment to any hope for bringing relief to the normal, tax paying, law abiding citizens who populate the neighborhoods devastated by this drug addiction/ untreated mental illness debacle. A situation which grew out of hand because of the socially libertarian policies promulgated by at least 10 years of (many of) Portland and Multnomah County’s politicians, and the ecosystem of proliferating nonprofits, animated and encouraged by PSU educational elites hoodwinking a gullible citizenry.
Electing people like Meghan Moyer is a big part of the problem and I want to thank you Allen for keeping her in the spotlight.
Unfortunately, the majority of people agree with Commissioner Moyer and oppose forced treatment of any kind when it comes to mental health disorders. She does not convince me, however, to change my opinion that both forced treatment is sometimes necessary for a proper balance of public safety, civility and beauty versus the liberty interests of severely ill people. I wish the county would stop funding the deflection center, move away from legally flawed arguments for a separate set of laws for those with drug and alcohol and mental health difficulties. These policies, including drug courts, dismiss the rights of the public to expect that when public laws are violated, punishment is warranted. That could be the first step in rehabilitation. Commissioner Moyer's apparent policies incentivize continued use of drugs in the promise of getting free housing. If we stop enabling drug use by passing out needles to drug addicts and realize that what works for drug addiction exists in the mind and will of those who are addicted, we will be moving in the right direction. Forced treatment is one avenue that can ensure that they will be drug free for a significant period and free to contemplate what is in their best interest when not under the influence of narcotics or other drugs. Forced treatment for severe mental disorders also gives the public agency. It establishes a process whereby one individual both will be held accountable for breaking public laws and that they will be required to be drug free for a period when confined. Strengthening traditional approaches both in the criminal justice system and in the mental health system will help them work together when necessary.
The thing is, civil commitments are not up to her or any of the commissioners. It’s up to state laws and a physician. Health information is also protected so the only possible information she would have access to is the number of civil commitments.
She's living in a dream world. And she really doesn't care about the feral colonizing our streets, since they are the raw material for her allies in NGO-world. As long as we treat the druggies and psychotics with "compassion" they will stay in Portland. That's what she wants.
As an ex addict, her stubborn resistance is killing people on street as well as the economy of the County and State. If you were to ask those who treat addicts a Portland, those who were addicts, they will often tell you that jail and the detox it provided helped get them to recovery. Few, except CCC will tell you that because they get or want County and State funding.
I will continue to scream this from the mountain tops until county leaders learn...75% of the men and women in CityTeam Portland's residential recovery program are court mandated to be there by a judge in just about every county in OR (except Multnomah). Every single one of them (including myself) will tell you it was the best thing that happened to them. The argument of self-autonomy is ironic... sometimes our autonomy needs to be temporally taken away, so that we may regain it down the road. There is no autonomy when you are addicted and living on the street!
Mothers of addicts - addicts who are dead from their addiction, and ones that are still alive - also staunchly support forced treatment. And recovered addicts cite forced treatment as a life-saver for them.
Meghan Moyer and what she represents, has become a political impediment to any hope for bringing relief to the normal, tax paying, law abiding citizens who populate the neighborhoods devastated by this drug addiction/ untreated mental illness debacle. A situation which grew out of hand because of the socially libertarian policies promulgated by at least 10 years of (many of) Portland and Multnomah County’s politicians, and the ecosystem of proliferating nonprofits, animated and encouraged by PSU educational elites hoodwinking a gullible citizenry.
Electing people like Meghan Moyer is a big part of the problem and I want to thank you Allen for keeping her in the spotlight.