Tag Archives: Substance Abuse

POEM: Skip to the Loo, My Darling

Our prisons are filled with people with poorly treated substance use disorders, mental health issues, and the homeless. Prisons and jails are terrible places to deal with these issues. Incarceration is expensive, ineffective, and dehumanizing for those suffering these conditions. … Continue reading

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COMMUNITY FORUM REMARKS: Need to address the main driver of criminal and criminalized behavior, substance abuse, and that the failed law enforcement model needs to be supplanted by a public health model driven by evidence and community benefit

The Community Solidarity Response Network of Toledo (CSRN), our local Black Lives Matter group, and the ACLU hosted a forum on “What Does a Safer Toledo Look Like?” This forum was in response to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ National Public Safety … Continue reading

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REAL POLITICS, REAL CANDIDATE: Jill Stein 2016 Platform

IF you want a progressive presidential candidate that you can get excited about voting FOR, then Jill Stein, the Green Party presidential candidate is worth serious consideration.  Jill Stein has selected her Green Party running mate, Vice President choice, Ajamu Baraka. … Continue reading

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POEM: Double Oh Seven Up

Double Oh Seven Up He bought That violence works Buy strong Wield men Where once lust Now found Like some secret Agent of change As if Like first see’d Bared in some virgin soil Unable to grow any further Only … Continue reading

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