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Let's make clear we are NOt for re-criminalizing marijuana

AND these policy choices are going to have some complicated consequences

if we want legal recreational marijuana, we need to be prepared with housing & services as necessary for people coming here because a lot of this is pretty foreseeable & It probably is going to require state coordination--

​AND we're NOT currently providing what is legally required in housing & Services for people w/ mental disabilities who are already here.

Pueblo is already complaining about the "Entitled" & dare say we say "Undeserving Poor" the Colorado Marijuana Business is bringing in, & they are likely NOT the only ones.  

Nobody is suggesting people put up with violence  -- and some of the people who are coming are going to have:
  • substance use issues, and
  • mental health issues
  • and maybe other cognitive issues they have been trying to manage illegally in their home states with marijuana.

​While we are very sympathetic to governmental entities and others facing major increased costs due to increased homeless populations -- some people with very problematic behaviors, we are NOT very sympathetic to simplistic conclusions regarding "entitlement" and "shiftless outsiders."

We are pretty sure in most cases that does not get to the "root cause" of what may be in some cases truly dangerous behavior.

AND coming to terms with the reality of this -- is what we really have to do.

We need a study if one hasn't already been commissioned to set out the costs of legalized marijuana, including those who are coming here for jobs and won't be able to get them.

We also need proposed solutions for handling these costs.


Even though California and a lot of the states on the West Coast are legalizing marijuana, the states right around Colorado probably aren't going to be doing it anytime soon -- so at least for the next few years we are likely to have a pretty steady stream of people coming here for the marijuana in some cases, and in some cases with no place to live.

Disposition of Marijuana Tax Revenue

 https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/revenue/disposition-marijuana-tax-revenue 

Pueblo chieftain editorial

excerpt

Matola, Stattelman and many other well-meaning folks want to help Pueblo's needy homeless population. They simply don't have the financial resources -- and the Pueblo County jail doesn't have the space -- for shiftless outsiders who come here expecting an easy ride.

Pueblo can provide emergency help to our truly homeless population. But society cannot afford to keep carrying the self-absorbed who contribute nothing to society except an extra burden on the rest of us.
http://www.chieftain.com/opinion/editorials/homeless-program-grows/article_753e5c54-5400-596c-b081-4ad1d18fe4c7.html
What We Want:
  • a Comprehensive
  • Effectively Working Olmstead Plan
  • To bring Housing & Services to Scale to Meet the Needs
  • of People with Disabilities to avoid unnecessary institutionalization or great risk of institutionalization such as is inherent in homelessness
  • With Specific Measurable Goals  

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  • Home
    • Statement for Potential Website Contributors
    • Disclaimers, Limitations and An Invitation
  • Orchid's A-Z Index
  • Donate Now
  • About
    • About Orchid >
      • What we mean by "mental health" -- Neurologically Diverse
      • Why Orchid?
      • ORCHID'S SYSTEMIC FOCUS & "ROOT CAUSE" ANALYSIS APPROACH TO PROBLEM SOLVING WITH A COMMITMENT TO CREATIVITY & INNOVATION
      • Orchid Board
      • Orchid Book Club
      • Orchid Policy Priorities
      • Val's Blog
  • Hot Topics
    • Anti-Social Personality Disorder >
      • DECONSTRUCTING ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER AND PSYCHOPATHY: A GUIDELINES-BASED APPROACH TO PREJUDICIAL PSYCHIATRIC LABELS [Hofstra Law Review 2013]
      • Personality Disorders -- Unscientific & Vague -- Must Be Reformed
    • Medicaid & Medicare Network Adequacy >
      • OIG: STATE STANDARDS FOR ACCESS TO CARE IN MEDICAID MANAGED CARE (Sept. 2014)
      • OIG: ACCESS TO CARE: PROVIDER AVAILABILITY IN MEDICAID MANAGED CARE (Dec. 2014)
      • GAO 15-710: MEDICARE ADVANTAGE: Actions Needed to Enhance CMS Oversight of Provider Network Adequacy (Aug. 2015)
      • CMS: Promoting Access in Medicaid and CHIP Managed Care: A Toolkit for Ensuring Provider Network Adequacy and Service Availability (April 2017)
    • Medicaid Mental Health & Substance Use Disorder Parity >
      • CMS Parity Compliance Toolkit Applying Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Parity Requirements to Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Programs [Jan. 17, 2017]
      • Frequently Asked Questions: Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Parity Final Rule for Medicaid and CHIP [CMS October 11, 2017]
    • Olmstead Disability Rights >
      • Statement of the Department of Justice on Enforcement of the Integration Mandate of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Olmstead v. L.C. (2011)
      • Comprehensive Olmstead Planning
      • the Logical Long Term Consequences of our failure to provide Intensive Community MH Treatment
      • Olmstead Nation ---State Pages: How Far to Comply with Olmstead?
      • CO Olmstead Housing Data Dashboard
    • Risks for Suicidality & Homicidality in Psychiatric Medication
  • Take A Walk Around Orchid's Resource Block
  • Amy's World (Promising Practices from Around the World from the Incomparable Amy Smith)
  • Other Practices from Around the World
    • Preparing the "Open Dialogue" Approach for Implementation in Colorado
    • Shared Decision Making & Better Implementation of Evidenced-Based Practices
  • Federal Funding for Parkland Threatened after Staff Calls Cops on Homeless Patient
  • Forced Medication in Colorado
  • Colorado Medicaid
  • Housing as a Human Right
  • Orchid's Housing Discharge Planning Aid
  • New Definition of "Gravely Disabled" -- Eff. July 1, 2014
  • Mental Health Courts -- Pro & Con
  • Atlantis Community, Inc. -- Independent Living Center
  • Attorneys Who May Be Able to Handle Prison Civil Rights Cases
  • More Resources -- Disability.gov
  • Other Advocacy Resources
  • Colorado's Family Advocacy Programs -- Mental Health & Juvenile Justice
  • Law & Neuroscience Research Networks & Associations
  • Mental Health Advocate Extraordinaire Amy Smith
  • Fantastically Intelligent & Sensitive Poet Grant Gilliand
  • Ryan Pettigrew -- "A Madman's Poetic Path" from 8 years in Administrative Segregation --to Mindfulness Teacher-- Beyond Inspiring
  • Brainstorm Career Services Executive Director Steve Bell's Desperately Needed Article
  • Mental Toughness Beyond Belief: Larry Quintana
  • TLC Legal Service Director Randy Chapman's Amazing Ability Blog (Special Education)
  • Tod McDade: A Man With Insight & a System Without It
  • Orchid's Resources on Diet, Exercise & Mental Health
  • New Science Is Amazing AND It Has HUGE Moral Implications for Our Society: NOW
  • Colorado Abuse & Neglect Scandals Involving People with Disabilities-- Orchid Has a Zero Tolerance Policy: What Does Colorado Have?
  • Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) & Neuro-Disability in the Criminal Justice System
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