Concerned Citizens of Haywood** Harm Reduction Programs and Syringe Services-Revisited (U.S., NC, and Haywood County Drug Addicts receive Free Needles, Crack Smoking Kits, and Condoms)** Updated Speaker Schedule
REMINDER: We will begin our "Summer/Fall Session" of The Buttered Biscuit on Thursday 7/27/23; with Commissioners Kevin Ensley and Brandon Rogers speaking to us at 5:30 PM at The Buttered Biscuit, located at 1226 Dellwood Road Waynesville, NC.
*Be sure to Check out Haywood Happenings at: https://haywoodhappenings.org
** Will any Elected Official (Local, State, and National) publicly denounce the "Enabling" policies of Harm Reduction Programs and/or Syringe Services Programs? Has (Toxic) Needle Litter increased in North Carolina and Haywood County since the NC Syringe Law was passed in 2016? Has drug addiction declined since the Needle Exchanges began in Haywood County?
** We, as tax-paying Citizens, deserve answers to these questions from our elected leaders. Please again read, study, and share the important information below which chronicles the recent history and consequences of Harm Reduction Programs and Needle Exchanges in Haywood County, North Carolina, and the U.S.
1. Harm Reduction-Needle Exchanges First Proposed and Funded, in 1999, by George Soros in his interview with The Nation Magazine:
https://www.thenation.com/article/archi ... ange-trip/
2. U.S. President Joe Biden Releases Model Law for Harm Reduction, Crack Smoking Kits, and Syringe Programs
https://www.whitehouse.gov/ondcp/briefi ... -programs/
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/crack- ... funded-hhs
https://www.johnlocke.org/yes-biden-adm ... ack-pipes/
3. North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition (NCHRC) (Local office in the Bethel House in Waynesville) is Promoting and Distributing the Items Below, thanks to the NC Syringe Law.
https://www.nchrc.org/harm-reduction/crack-use/ (Crack Smoking Kits)
https://www.nchrc.org/harm-reduction/sa ... -drug-use/ (Needles with brochures detailing the best ways to inject)
https://www.nchrc.org/harm-reduction/safer-sex-work/ (Details the best ways to operate as a prostitute... with some interesting advice)
https://www.nchrc.org/harm-reduction/safer-sex-work/ (Details how transgender rights are a core value of NC Harm Reduction)
4. Haywood County gets Harm Reduction Programs and Needle Exchanges:
https://www.themountaineer.com/life/hea ... fc895.html (Down Home Haywood Launches "Harm Reduction Hub" in Canton)
https://mountainx.com/blogwire/n-c-harm ... od-county/ (Haywood County Health Department Partnered with NC Harm Reduction)
5. Harm Reduction, Needle, Crack Kit, and Condom giveaway Programs become failures in other Cities:
https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/ ... a8270735bf (Portland's Needle Litter Increase)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMdZPcFfo9g (Tucker Carlson's report on San Francisco's Needle Problem.. 9,520 Discarded Needle Cases reported in 2018)
https://www.newsweek.com/san-francisco- ... %20streets. (Newsweek reports on San Fran Needles and Human Feces)
https://www.npr.org/2018/08/01/63462653 ... uman-feces (NPR reports on San Francisco Squalor.. with Streets full of Needles, Trash, and Human Feces)
https://nypost.com/2018/05/11/san-franc ... -syringes/ (NY Post reports on San Francisco Streets littered with Free Syringes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEOkX9dp85I (Local San Francisco News Story about their worsening problem of Discarded Needles, Feces, and Trash)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw8MACDZ3RI&t=194s (Christopher Rufo Documentary "Chaos by the Bay: The Truth about Homelessness in San Francisco)
6. Property Crime Rates in Haywood County-Waynesville NC, Now Among the Worst in North Carolina. (Neighborhood Scout, endorsed by the U.S. State Dept. and Homeland Security)
https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/nc/waynesville/crime , (Waynesville Crime Index at (0), worse than Asheville, Durham, Raleigh, Fayetteville, Charlotte)
Haywood County Commissioners Meetings
1st Monday at 9 a.m. and the 3rd Monday at 5:30 p.m.
Haywood County Courthouse, Historic Courtroom
215 N Main Street
Waynesville, NC 28786
https://www.haywoodcountync.gov/315/Boa ... missioners
Town of Waynesville Board of Alderman Meetings
2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month at 6:00 p.m. in Town Hall Boardroom:
9 South Main Street
Waynesville, NC 28786
https://www.waynesvillenc.gov/agendas-and-minutes
Town of Canton Board of Alderman Meetings
2nd and 4th Thursday of each month at 6:30 PM
58 Park Street
Canton, NC 28716
https://www.cantonnc.com/boards-commissions/
Town of Maggie Valley Board of Alderman Meetings
2nd Thursday of each month at 5:30 PM
Maggie Valley Town Hall Board Room
3987 Soco Road
Maggie Valley, NC 28751
https://maggievalleync.gov/government/m ... partments/
Town of Clyde Board of Alderman Meetings
2nd Thursday of each month at 5:00 PM
8437 Carolina Blvd.
Clyde, NC 28721
https://www.clydenc.us/newpage#:~:text= ... e%20public.
The Haywood County School Board Meetings
2nd Monday of each Month at The Education Center
3157 Broad Street
Clyde, NC 28721
https://www.haywood.k12.nc.us/board-of-education/
The Haywood County Health (HHS) Board Meetings
3rd Tuesday of each Month at 6:00 PM (except July and Dec.)
157 Paragon Parkway
Clyde, NC 28721
https://www.haywoodcountync.gov/298/Hea ... n-Services
Updated Speaker Schedule:
7/27 Kevin Ensley (Haywood County Commissioner Chairman)
Brandon Rogers (Haywood County Commissioner Vice Chairman)
