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    Apr 01, 2021 3 minutes

    DID JAMES PLYMELL NEED TO DIE?

    ust wanted to commend Leah Sottile and for an excellent article, “Did James Plymell Need to Die?” (March 2021). I worked at the County Alcohol and Drug program in Albany, Oregon, years ago, and it seems the same difficulties in service delivery are still at play. Issues of homelessness and chemical dependency are complicated and interactive, and treatment resources are sadly underfunded. From the article, it looks like local government, police and mental health treatment agencies there are at least aware of the shortcomings

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