Focusing on treatment will help state as whole

Statesman Journal – Salem, Or.
6/4/10

Regarding Oregon’s budget crisis, I think this is an opportunity for us to examine what we spend public money on and prioritize.

The Legislature has never done it and will not do it — they fund what wins election; they will hide behind the governor.

I’m running for office to bring some sanity to this epidemic of addiction/alcoholism/criminal behavior. The public/legal response to addiction is half the problem. We offer our kids punishment for addiction. Eighty percent of the inmate population is [...]