Commit2ChangeWA , Steering Committee * 1426 Weld, Advisory Board Past Executive Director * RI Former Support Services Manager, Peer Recovery Specialist
The U.S. incarcerates 1.9 million people, more than any other country. Where are they locked up and why? See new data: https://t.co/oLlwqqFLhp via @prisonpolicy
Another reason why we should not be sending people with simple drug possession to Jail. We need to stop causing harm!!! Jail is not drug free.
Snohomish County Jail inmates taken to the hospital for suspected fentanyl overdoses | https://t.co/GDqV7MAd5N https://t.co/gFG5QM7La5
@SeaTimesOpinion Really? Not saving lives, addressing racial inequities, or putting best evidence about the social determinants of health to work? It's most important the roll call has both Ds and Rs on the Yea side? Interesting. #waleg
@SFGate Washington State leads in a lot of areas but sadly our drug policy clings to the failed drug war mentality that we can force people instead of show people pathways to recovery. Compassion with a stick doesn't work and in fact the stick causes lifelong harm.
Doubling down on the War on Drugs would be a tragic mistake. It will also be out of step with what the public wants:
A June 2022 poll of likely WA voters found that 85% believe that drug use should be treated as a public health issue, not a criminal one.
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@Joliebella10@onemomsrant@Jim_Jordan@GOP But somehow the oil companies are making record profits. All other measurements of the economy are the GREATest they have ever been under the current leadership. Biden got more votes and won the electoral college hence President something the previous occupant never accomplished.
Larry Kudlow on Fox Business 9/23/22: "The new British prime minister, Liz Truss, has laid out a terrific supply-side economic growth plan which looks a lot like the basic thrust of Kevin McCarthy's Commitment to America plan.”
The state's first LGBTQ-affirming affordable senior housing community, Pride Place, is being built in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. On its ground floor will be the GenPRIDE Center, a place to help create community for LGBTQ seniors. 🏳️🌈 1/2
📷 : GenPride