6.6 21-1126 10:15 A.M. - Consideration of either A) Urgency Ordinance establishing a Moratorium on the Syringe Exchange Program approved by Resolution 2008-42 for 45 days or B) Resolution Amending Resolution 2008-42 establishing new guidelines for the Syringe Exchange Program
Dear Lake County Board of Supervisors, Any Positive Change has been providing lifesaving harm reduction services in Lake County for over 25 years. Any Positive Change’s services are the only low barrier, nonjudgmental, pragmatic, accessible, heart centered, evidence based, hepatitis C, HIV, and overdose prevention programming in your county. Their harm reduction services have been building trusting relationships with people for a quarter of a century, providing HIV/HCV prevention supplies including sterile syringes, Naloxone, and linkage to drug treatment, health and social services. Interrupting Any Positive Change’s services will literally cost lives. People will die. Someone will lose a son, a daughter, a grandchild, a mother, a cousin, a sister, a brother. Please do the right thing. Sincerely, Terry Morris terrymcbridemorris@gmail.com
I urge the Board of Supervisors to approve the moratorium for the syringe exchange program for 45 days. I am a long-time resident of Clearlake and we struggle with drug problems and homelessness in our community. It seems the Any Positive Change organization is circumventing the wishes of the community to do as they wish. I strongly oppose the distribution of meth pipes and am not convinced by the studies regarding the syringe exchange programs. Please put this program on hold until our community can better address the concerns of all of our community.
I have spent many hours cleaning up in the Clearlake area, and find many used (and mostly uncapped) syringes and other drug paraphernalia when cleaning up the area. I don't believe that handing out more drug supplies will improve the problems we are already facing.
I hope that the lack of communication between the provider and the community (BoS, law enforcement, the public etc). that seems to have precipitated this item, can be improved and trust regained. However, I hope this will not be a basis to stop critical, life-saving services that have the support of Public Health personnel.
I oppose a moratorium on the needle exchange program. It is a vital program for those who are battling drug addiction. Having been an addict 26 years ago I can attest to the health problems that arise when there is no access to clean syringes, supplies, and glass pipes. Stopping the program will not stop the drug abuse. It merely puts the health of the addict and those who the addict associate with at risk. Dirty shared needles will increase the spread of fluid exchange illness. Dull shared needles will increase hospitalizations due to skin infections and injuries to the addicts vascular system. Having clean supplies greatly reduces harm. When we talk about glass pipes imagine will you without access to this how many broken light bulbs and glass bottles will be found in playgrounds etc. The addicts will not clean up their broken glass and straws when done they will just leave it until it's next fix time and break a new one in a new location and leave behind residue glass/straw
Dear Lake County Board of Supervisors, Any Positive Change has been providing lifesaving harm reduction services in Lake County for over 25 years. Any Positive Change’s services are the only low barrier, nonjudgmental, pragmatic, accessible, heart centered, evidence based, hepatitis C, HIV, and overdose prevention programming in your county. Their harm reduction services have been building trusting relationships with people for a quarter of a century, providing HIV/HCV prevention supplies including sterile syringes, Naloxone, and linkage to drug treatment, health and social services. Interrupting Any Positive Change’s services will literally cost lives. People will die. Someone will lose a son, a daughter, a grandchild, a mother, a cousin, a sister, a brother. Please do the right thing. Sincerely, Terry Morris terrymcbridemorris@gmail.com
I urge the Board of Supervisors to approve the moratorium for the syringe exchange program for 45 days. I am a long-time resident of Clearlake and we struggle with drug problems and homelessness in our community. It seems the Any Positive Change organization is circumventing the wishes of the community to do as they wish. I strongly oppose the distribution of meth pipes and am not convinced by the studies regarding the syringe exchange programs. Please put this program on hold until our community can better address the concerns of all of our community.
I have spent many hours cleaning up in the Clearlake area, and find many used (and mostly uncapped) syringes and other drug paraphernalia when cleaning up the area. I don't believe that handing out more drug supplies will improve the problems we are already facing.
I hope that the lack of communication between the provider and the community (BoS, law enforcement, the public etc). that seems to have precipitated this item, can be improved and trust regained. However, I hope this will not be a basis to stop critical, life-saving services that have the support of Public Health personnel.
I oppose a moratorium on the needle exchange program. It is a vital program for those who are battling drug addiction. Having been an addict 26 years ago I can attest to the health problems that arise when there is no access to clean syringes, supplies, and glass pipes. Stopping the program will not stop the drug abuse. It merely puts the health of the addict and those who the addict associate with at risk. Dirty shared needles will increase the spread of fluid exchange illness. Dull shared needles will increase hospitalizations due to skin infections and injuries to the addicts vascular system. Having clean supplies greatly reduces harm. When we talk about glass pipes imagine will you without access to this how many broken light bulbs and glass bottles will be found in playgrounds etc. The addicts will not clean up their broken glass and straws when done they will just leave it until it's next fix time and break a new one in a new location and leave behind residue glass/straw