Commissioner Ben West: Real Recovery Demands Treatment, Accountability, and Action
21 October 2024
Commissioner Ben West: Real Recovery Demands Treatment, Accountability, and Action
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. The six-acre property will eventually house detox units, residential beds, transitional housing, and...
10 April 2023
Commissioner Ben West: Clackamas County Adopts Bold Resolution to Tackle Addiction, Mental Health, and Homelessness
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. West,...
20 March 2023
Ben West Calls Out Oregon’s Failed Approach to Homelessness: “We Are Loving People to Death”
Published on FoxNews.com 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. As lawmakers move to spend an unprecedented...
