Dozens of stakeholders and Pierce County residents came together March 21 at the Tacoma-Pierce County Opioid Task Force Summit to talk about how to stop the stigma of opioid use.
Attendees also learned about what’s happening with state and local opioid settlement funds. The Task Force is a partnership between the Health Department, Pierce County, Elevate Health and City of Tacoma.
Interested in the conversation? You can watch the entire event online.
Hopefully the addicts and addict criminals will start taking responsibility for their hideous behavior instead of blaming a drug, lazy people and drug users very similar they blame everyone but themselves!
The “why” of drug addiction is one thing – people can “slip into” it. And help should be offered.
But continued use in the face of offered help is another thing. Addiction is not a reasonable or positive life choice to be made acceptable and should be stigmatized.
Responsible behavior/choices should be rewarded – the irresponsible should be challenged and condemned. “Tough love” is just that – caring w/o excuse making BS.
Recommend we try that rather than “de-stigmatizing”