jersey_girl660 t1_j789a3o wrote on February 4, 2023 at 8:56 PM

Reply to comment by espressocycle in Mayoral Candidate Rebecca Rhynhart lays out plan of attack for opioid crisis from Kensington by ColdJay64

There’s not enough treatment facilities to do this. Not to mention the horrendous state of addiction treatment in the us.

I can’t find the article right now. But there’s a woman who lives in fairhill who volunteered for over a decade with the homeless there. They got a very high number of people to agree to treatment. However because of 1 lack of beds 2 the way the system is completely fucked up it didn’t work out the way it intended to

espressocycle t1_j7vv6vk wrote on February 9, 2023 at 7:48 PM

No but there could be if we funded it. And if treatment centers weren't run by crooks and adherents to scientifically invalid 12-step dogma that would help too.