Dec 18, 2020
In this illustration, a person portrays struggling with addiction, but education and rehabilitation can serve as means to overcome the draw. Jonah Hinebaugh | Pharos-Tribune
Editor’s note
: This is the third in a four-part series on the drug crisis in Logansport and Cass County. Coming Saturday: A 21-year-addict’s survival.
Arrests may be made.
Jail time may be served.
But until a person’s mindset is changed by overcoming the draws of drugs and addiction, then eradicating the problem is nearly impossible. And the only way to accomplish this feat is through education.
“Addiction is a mental health issue,” said Logansport Police Chief Travis Yike. “Education and mental health services are the key … [they’re] what lead to prevention.”
Rose Ochi, 81; Attorney, Civil Rights Leader
Nisei broke barriers as an Asian American woman in a career that spanned Washington and L.A.
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Rose Ochi shattered glass ceilings throughout her career. In 2012, she posed for a portrait at the California Forensic Science Institute, where she served as executive director. (MARIO GERSHOM REYES/Rafu Shimpo)
By MARTHA NAKAGAWA, Rafu Contributor
Takayo Rose Matsui Ochi, an attorney, civil rights activist and political strategist who shattered numerous glass ceilings such as becoming the first Asian American woman commissioner on the Los Angeles Police Commission and the first Asian American woman assistant attorney general, passed away on Dec. 13, two days shy of her 82
The Oregon Municipal Court, in partnership with the OregonCARES Coalition, have been awarded a federal grant under the Federal Drug Free Community program, according to a Dec. 10 news release.
The grant will provide $125,000 a year for five years to fund drug and alcohol prevention-related services for youth, Oregon Municipal judge Beth Cox announced in the news release.
The coalition was formed in 2009 to promote an alcohol- and drug-free lifestyle for Oregon youth. Its members include local teachers, police and community members working with parents and youths to reduce the use of drugs and underage drinking.
Members meet quarterly to address health and wellness issues in the Oregon community.
Bereaved parents gather in San Bernardino to demand stiffer penalties in fentanyl-related deaths [San Bernardino County Sun, Calif.]
Dec. 10 They stood on the steps outside the San Bernardino Police Department on Wednesday, Dec. 9, the parents of children whose lives were cut short by a cheap synthetic opiod called fentanyl, demanding stiffer penalties for dealers who sold their children the drug.
They held signs saying, “Why are drug dealers getting away with murder?” “Re-activate investigations on street drug poisonings,” and “Forgotten victims of drug induced homicide. We will not be silenced!”
Among them was retired San Bernardino police Sgt. Steve Filson, whose 29-year-old daughter, Jessica Filson, and her boyfriend, Nicholas Castillo, 30, were found dead in her Redlands home on Jan. 22, 2020. The couple thought they had ingested cocaine.