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.