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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1970.04.28 - 16347Miscellaneous Resolution No. 537 4 April 28, 1970 Commissioner. District 12 Commissioner. District By: Dennis M. Aaron and James M. Brennan IN RE: Establishment or NARCOTICS DISPENSING CLINIC TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS: Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: WHEREAS, the use Of heroin and other narcotics has increased at alarming rates within the County and WHEREAS, the addiction to the use of such drugs most frequently requires the user to commit various violent and non-violent crimes against the citizenry for the sole purpose of securing funds for the purchase of said drugs, and WHEREAS, the illicit sale of narcotics results in large financial gains to the purveyors of said drugs and which financial gains support organized crime within the nation at large. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED as follows: 1. That it shall be the public policy of the County of Oakland that its citizens addicted to the use of narcotics shall be treated as indigent persons in need of medical treatment. 2. That the Board of Commissioners establish as part of the office of the Health Director and/or Medical Examiner a clinic. for the dispensation of drugs to those persons addicted to the use of said drugs. 3. That said dispensation of drugs be under the super7 vision of a licensed physician and treatment be geared towards the ultimate rehabilitation of the addicted person. Mr. Chairman, we Move the adoption of the fdregoing .„ Dennis M. Aaron James M. Brennan The resolution was referred to the Human Resources Committee.