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Bill's avatar

Neighbors should contact the governor’s office of addiction and recovery OAR. Also the opioid epidemic response advisory council OERAC. The governor’s 2023 budget proposal had millions allocated for treatment related services for street populations aa they are all substance dependent. Unfortunately, inner city legislators diverted much of the funding to other purposes.

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Nels Sandberg's avatar

Pretty soon the residents will be voting with their feet.

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Bill's avatar

Mpls city council allocated millions in "violence prevention" grants. Minnesota spent over one hundred million on similar grants. Where are these violence preventers?

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Catherine LaVine Fuller's avatar

Audrin Chowdhury was just reelected to serve a four year term for Ward 12. Has she been involved in figuring out ways to solve this problem?

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Mike Shulman's avatar

The situation is both sad and frustrating. It’s one thing that the various government agencies and nonprofits are stepping on each other’s toes, but another thing altogether when people literally stand in the way of fixing the problem. I get the impression that’s what the DSA-aligned city council members have been doing for the past few years.

The first step to solving a problem is acknowledging the problem.

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Paul Thoresen's avatar

There's a lot to think about in this interview.. What really caught my attention though around the 44 or 45 minutes mark was the discussion around harm reduction. I remember first learning about harm reduction around 30 years ago.. It seems that it has mutated into some form of toxic empathy. Enabling people to continue using their drugs of choice does not help them to get help for their addiction. I have not worked in that field for many years, and I'm sure there have been lots of developments and advancements. But some things don't really change.

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