Issue Position: Opioid Epidemic

Issue Position

Stopping this epidemic will be a hard battle. With treatment options and education I believe that we can finally put and end to the opioid epidemic.

We have many options throughout the state to help fight against addiction. We need to stop the coddling of addicts and start helping them get clean. Needle exchange programs are not the answer and have only caused an ever growing problem to the situation. Free Narcan has done nothing but encourage people to continue their drug use. We need to put the fear back into drug use so more will be less likely to turn to drugs and end up addicted.

We know that addiction can be hard to beat, but we must take every step possible to ensure people aren't making the choice to turn to drug use. Providing anti-drug education to our youth seemed to work in the years past, I can't imagine why they decided to do away with such programs. As for those who are already addicted, we need to be sure the help is there for when they decide to get clean and help them become productive members of society again.

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