We urge this Committee to not only respond to the opioid crisis’s immediate demands with policies like that of House Bill 5723, but to make policy that supports a long-term move away from dispatching police to drug use calls in favor of a public health-based approach.
Police and other criminal legal system actors are simply not the appropriate people to =handle the public health needs of the opioid epidemic; they are not public health actors whose sole job is to connect people with the health services they need.
Status
Active
Session
2021
Bill number
HB 5723
Position
No Position
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