several other initiatives geared toward mitigating the effects of the opioid epidemic around the city. One program that will receive funding under the budget involves establishing outreach teams that will take to the streets, working to ensure that drug paraphernalia is not left in the open and that people are not engaging in substance abuse in public.
In his statement, the mayor highlighted that public drug use is a problem for everyone involved, from the person taking part in public use to those who might witness. Taken in its aggregate, the programs expanded or introduced by the proposed budget aim to get drugs off the streets, while enhancing enhance efforts to provide those in need with access to addiction recovery programs.
Author: Topher Avery
Topher Avery is a contributor and editor at Addiction Now. A natural wordslinger, Topher studied English at the University of Colorado at Boulder and received his JD from Chapman University. Currently, Topher resides in Southern California beneath a pile of cats and books. Contact Topher at christophera@drugaddictionnow.com
