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New Treatment Center to Open
have access to drug- and alcohol-
free perm anent fam ily housing
fordable substance-free fam ily w ithin w alking distance o f their
ousing ow ned and operated by outpatient treatm ent. On average,
H om e F o rw ard, fo rm erly the wom en stay in the Project Net-
Housing Authority o f Portland.
w ork program for six months.
The Center for Hope and Re-
“This innovative collaboration
covery at 3650 N.E. M allory will provides a treatment facility and
include LifeW orks N W ’s 36-bed permanent housing that helps fami-
Project N etw ork and the 32-unit lies to build a solid base o f recov-
H om e F o rw a rd B eech S tre et ery, maintain a crucial support net-
Apartm ents.
work, sustain the success o f their
Officials say the facilities will treatment and remain in their local
allow fem ale clients who transi- community,” says M ary Monnat,
tion from the treatm ent facility to president and chief executive of-
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ficer o f LifeWorks NW. “We are
truly honored to work with our
families alongside Home Forward
to rebuild community one family at
a time.”
The Center for Hope and Re-
c o v e ry w ill in c re a se P ro je c t
N etw ork’s treatm ent capacity by
nine percent to serve prim arily
African Am erican wom en in the
m ortheast Portland comm unity.
To support families, the center
also includes an on-site child de-
velopm ent center, a playground,
com puter space, therapy room s,
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m edical office and group rooms.
“ S u c c e s s fu l p ro g ra m s fo r
wom en with substance abuse is
sues are rare,” says M onnat. “Pro-
gram s that address the needs o f
both addicted wom en and their
children are rarer still. For wom en,
the single m ost im portant factor
in sustained recovery is access to
safe, perm anent and affordable
d ru g -an d alcohol-free housing.”
cated that this should be housed
in the historically African A m eri
can com m unity in northeast Port
land.
“There is a trem endous need
for the brand new treatm ent facil
ity in the com m unity,” says Ed
W ashington, LifeW orks N W ’s
board m em ber em eritus. “The
treatm ent facility and the sub
stance-free housing are trem en
R e s e a rc h c o n d u c te d fo r dous assets for the local com m u
LifeW orks N W and the Portland nity - and for the city, the county
Business A lliance dating back to and the state. The new develop
2007 indicated a grow ing need m ent will lift the spirits o f the
for drug and alcohol treatm ent. A young wom en getting treatm ent
survey o f the com m unity indi-
and their children.”
Falling Taboo
payer dollars on treating marijuana
u se as a c rim e ,” said P e te r
Zuckerman, press secretary for the
New Approach Oregon campaign.
marijuana card holder and owner o f “Prohibition o f marijuana is ineffec
the Oregon Alternative Medical Cen tive, costs the state tax revenue and
ter in northeast Portland, says he fuels violence. It’s time to try some
greatly sees the benefits ofmarijuana thing new.”
for its healing purposes. McCloud
Sim ilar m easures have been
says when his late great-grandfather struck down by Oregonians on bal
was dealing with grueling symptoms lots past.
o f bone cancer, he would rub him
But one Portland-based criminal
down with marijuana-infused prod defense attorney, Brian Michaels,
ucts that would offer some relief.
says with the passage o f the law in
As far as legalizing it for recre nearby Washington it is likely Or
ational purposes, he says, “people egon will also follow suit during the
are gonna want what they want” next voting cycle.
and if the time should come that
Michaels says marijuana is a safer
Oregonians vote to legalize the weed, alternative to alcohol; one that has
he may consider expanding his ser almost universally been proven not
vices, but for now he takes pride in to result in the acts o f anger and
servicing the ill.
violence that has been associated
Monday, a measure to regulate with the abuse o f liquor. With two
recreational use o f marijuana in Or decades working in the judicial sys
egon was qualified by the Oregon tem, he says taxation o f the plant
Secretary o f State for the Nov. 4 also seems to make more economi
General Election. The political group cal sense for the state.
New Approach Oregon had turned
According to a 2006 report by the
in at least 145,710 signatures last S u b stan ce A buse and M ental
month to get the measure on the Health Services Administration, in
ballot. If approved, the ‘Oregon Le 2003-2004 Oregon ranked in the top
galized Marijuana Initiative’ would fifth o f states for cannabis usage in
allow possession, manufacture, and three age categories: 12 to 17,18 to
sales o f marijuana by and to adults, 25, and 26 and older.
subject to state licensing, regula
It’s estimated that more than 8
tion, and taxation.
percent o f Oregonians are marijuana
“It’s time to stop wasting tax users.
c o n t i n u e d f r o m fro n t
if pulled over with marijuana in the
system, a Driving under the Influ
ence o f Intoxicants (DUI) charge
could still be coming your way.
Oregon has a long and current
history toward decriminalization o f
pot. Less than an ounce o f the drug
is punishable by a fine only. If pos
session o f such an amount occurs
in a public place or within 1,000 feet
o f a school attended by minors, the
person committing the offense is
guilty o f a Class C misdemeanor. It
should be noted that growing one’s
own marijuanaplantremains aClass
A felony.
For medicinal purposes, ranging
from glaucoma, nausea, to anxiety,
patients have been able to register
through the Oregon Medical Mari
juana Program since 2009, allowing
them access to a number o f marij uana
dispensaries selling a wide span o f
marijuana strains for treatment.
Still, more than 10,000 adults in
Oregon are arrested every year for
marijuana, according to the latest
numbers from Oregon State Police.
That’s an average o f one person
every 51 minutes.
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