At some point our City and County have got to realize that the enforcement-only model is outdated and not working. We need a rehab center to reduce the number of addicts buying drugs on our streets. The drug market is a supply-and-demand market and we need to start focusing on the demand side, not just the supply side. If we don't do something to combat the addiction problem in the Lehigh Valley, we will have more and more addicts, more and more dealers, more and more arrests and the jail will continue to grow and grow in our own back yard. Click on the link to see watch the video--below the link is the transcript of McClure's comments:
Transcript:
"...let's not pretend we can afford that. The new treatment center, out in Bethlehem Township, that will be between 3 and 5 million dollars a year. Let's not pretend we can afford that going forward. I understand there is talk of creating a new organization within county government called a child advocacy center. I don't know that we'll be able to afford that. Let's focus on our core functions of government as opposed to continually expanding what our obligations are when we have no opportunity to fund them."
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