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Does Portland's program do anything to address the mental health problems underlying much of this drug abuse?

• legitster 3y ago
  $1.3 billion statewide approved in 2021: https://www.oregon.gov/oha/HSD/AMH/Pages/index.aspx https://www.oregon.gov/oha/HSD/AMH/Pages/index.aspx This is in addition to the ~$1.3 billion the state already paid in mental health services: https://www.corvallisadvocate.com/2021/oregon-spends-on-mental-health-with-few-results/ https://www.corvallisadvocate.com/2021/oregon-spends-on-ment... In addition to resources available at the county level ($2 million came from police defunding): https://www.multco.us/justice-agenda/budget-priorities https://www.multco.us/justice-agenda/budget-priorities
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  • TheBlight 3y ago
    I guess it won't make much of a difference if people can easily opt-out for a life of addiction on the streets.
• paulcole 3y ago
  No. From what I see daily, if what Portland is doing is working in any way, then I’d hate to see things if they weren’t working at all. It’s a very sad state of affairs here and it’s hard to recommend that anyone move here unless you’re being paid extremely well AND you love the outdoors AND you’ve lived in a city with a severe drug/homelessness/mental health crisis before. I moved here in 2007 from the extremely rural South. The day I moved into my Old Town apartment a homeless guy spit on me! What a wake up call to a kid from the country. But I ended up living in that apartment for 10 years and never once felt actually scared in that neighborhood. But now, I actively avoid that neighborhood and getting spit on might be the best possible outcome! Source: I live in Portland very near Downtown.