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$320K for "Harm Reduction"
As Clallam County struggles to fund schools, retain jail staff, and keep essential hospital services, officials are proposing a $100,000 increase to a harm reduction program that hands out free smoking and injection supplies — with no clear data on whether it’s working. Taxpayers are being asked to fund an ever-growing program with no plan for sustainability and no metrics for success.
As local testing scores continue to tumble, Olympic Medical Center warns of critical staffing shortages, and Clallam County struggles to retain enough corrections officers to safely operate the jail — the…
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