http://blogtown.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2008/10/07/monthly_drug_budget Comments On: Monthly Drug Budget by Sarah Mirk en-us Copyright 2009 Portland Mercury. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Portland Mercury readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Portland Mercury. webmaster@portlandmercury.com (Portland Mercury Webmaster) Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0800 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:30:00 -0800 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
In addition, people get turned away from places like Hooper and DePaul all of the time for lack of available resources. So what's better, having more resources available for those who will use them, or not increasing resources and dealing with the increase in criminal behavior that will invariably come with more people using on the street?
Posted by Rational Thought]]> Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:30:40 -0700 Portland Mercury Giving the junkie more choices of treatment facilities isn't the same choice as wanting to quit drugs or not.
Posted by D]]> Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:29:13 -0700 Portland Mercury Posted by tk.]]> Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:12:14 -0700 Portland Mercury

D, forced is a silly word when there are dozens of addicts turned away from treatment everyday in Portland.

The math showing the success of drug treatment is not controversial - its conclusive. There is no evidence which shows imprisonment makes a better person upon release.

Because of the starvation scale of drug treatment its hard to argue we even provide the life-saving service.

The surprising and disappointing point is that this research hasn't been widely disseminated and assimilated by the public health bureaucracy.
Posted by pdx97217]]> Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:52:21 -0700 Portland Mercury The reality is that addicts cannot be forced into treatment (save for criminal convictions) - and if you line that up next to statistics for drug use relapse rates it'd be quite a chunk of change down the rathole.

Posted by D]]> Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:18:06 -0700 Portland Mercury