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The toll free hotline was not the only way to access treatment. The hotline has certainly been a failure. Thousands of people have already accessed services through other avenues though.
It was just the easiest point of entry, but you notice while I mentioned the hotline, the quote simply says "entered treatment".
136/16,000 = 0.85%
People are lining up for the free needle exchange, or the free narcan, they AREN'T trying to get treatment.
It's not even close to the easiest. The easiest is working with the peer mentors that are meeting you in the emergency room when you have an abscess or the people you talk to all the time at the needle exchange.
People go to treatment from needle exchanges all the time. You have no clue what you're talking about.
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/ORDHS/bulletins/3465dc9#:~:text=The%20reporting%20shows%20that%20Measure,were%20still%20being%20established%20statewide.