According to statistics in 2023 Oregon currently has the second-highest untreated addiction rate in the country. The state also ranks last in the nation in providing addiction treatment access.
Oregon is also one of the most farm reliant states. Farmers and ranchers here produce over 240 agriculture products that feed the state. They are renowned across the country and the world for their quality. It may be surprising that 97% of Oregon’s farms and ranches are family owned and operated. However, they are folding faster than ever due to suffocating, intentional legislative agendas, as land is purchased by more and more foreign entities and good people, many who have held onto century farms, are swallowed up, along with our most important food chain.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
But what of them? what of all the people who have no say, no vote, in this meaningless word “Democracy.”
Dear Dreamer dare to dream as politicians boldly scheme Dear Farmer tilling soil for regulators you toil Dear Ranch home on the range cabinet birdcage in exchange Dear Doers that cannot do for their claws are scratching you Dear Drug Addict unambiguous your stump of sidewalk deciduous Dear Drug Racketeer we see your new frontier Dear Dying and the Dead your trust they surely tread Dear God upon the Universe help the idols of such foolishness Dear Dreamer stay awake for your time is sure at stake Dear Wordsmith, Poet, Artist hold on for you are stardust Dear Land of the Free release it back to thee. love, America ox Dear Dreamer - by deborah t. hewitt
You know it's good poetry when you feel those goosebumps! I got chills reading this, the emotion could be felt and its when you feel do you really begin to understand. Thank you for sharing.
We have Mormon Cultists that have cut off their own bloodlines and spouses so your name really resonates. The thing about state treatment services is you have to build an apparatus of homeless/displaced services in addition to treatment options. Red states like OR and mine, CO just don't do that out in the rural areas where the methheads are the worst. Whatever ideas you have Ill listen because the pills and meth are killing these small towns.