Commissioner Ben West: Real Recovery Demands Treatment, Accountability, and Action

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Published on: 21/10/2024

Published on OPB.org The Clackamas County Commission has approved the purchase of the former Clackamas Elementary School as the site for a comprehensive drug-treatment and recovery campus.

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Commissioner Ben West: Clackamas County Adopts Bold Resolution to Tackle Addiction, Mental Health, and Homelessness

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Published on: 10/04/2023

The Clackamas County Board of Commissioners has unanimously approved a new resolution introduced by Commissioner Ben West to establish a Recovery-Oriented System of Care — a framework that directly addresses the overlapping crises of homelessness, addiction, and mental illness.

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Ben West Calls Out Oregon’s Failed Approach to Homelessness: “We Are Loving People to Death”

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Published on: 20/03/2023

In a Fox News report examining Oregon’s worsening homeless crisis, Clackamas County Commissioner and registered nurse Ben West delivers one of the most pointed critiques of the state’s current approach.

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