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A Photo You Can’t Ignore—and a Policy You Can’t Measure
A single image—one child, one beach, one bottle filled with used needles—cuts through the policy debates and forces a simple question: after years of harm reduction policy in Clallam County, where are the measurable results? As officials point to compassion and isolated success stories, residents are left confronting a very different reality—one that can’t be explained away with anecdotes.
This Image Hits Hard
Not a report. Not a policy memo. Just a moment frozen in time.
A four-year-old girl stands on a beach in Clallam County, holding a Gatorade bottle—inside it, used hypodermic needles…
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