i talked to mayor o'leary about efforts in waterbury and throughout his region, very responsible and effective action that he took as the police chief of waterbury, but we know that we're not going to arrest our way out of this crisis. law enforcement needs more effective support and resources. there is no way around the need for supporting and enhancing the operations of our local and state and federal law enforcement officials. in fact, increasing the partnership and cooperation among them as was so dramatically shown by the successful law enforcement in the city of bridgeport last week against this drug ring. all have a role and all of their cooperation is necessary and all of us as i know from my career in law enforcement have a responsibility to support their work. but the bill before us also recognizes that we're not going to arrest or jail our way out of this crisis, and in fact it provides resources for treatment and services, better education of prescribers and doctors, a more effective means of delivering narcan which can literally be a life saver bringing overdosed victims

host: john is in waterbury, connecticut. you're on with daniel raymond at harm reduction coalition.aller: yes, good morning, and thank you for the program. i would like to also say to wendy, blessings and good luck on your recovery. i'm not one of these people who's going to sit here and think that this is all great and all. , that it's just a simple problem. it's a huge problem. it's a self-induced problem. and i truly feel the only cure being clean. wendy made it perfectly clear. i can't speak on it, i've never been addicted to it. the problem i have is you guys guys -- not particular people, but programs for recovery are aking money from senior citizens who are healthy and worked their whole lives and also children who are in schools who could be benefitting from sports and music and other school programs, and you want to take those taxpayer dollars and put them towards people who don't want to be clean, which is the simple truth. you can't put poison in your system and think you're going to be able to function normally. and you know, how do you go about justifying that you could

host: john is in waterbury, connecticut. you're on with daniel raymond at the harm reduction coalition. caller: yes, good morning, and thank you for the program. i would like to also say to wendy, blessings and good luck on your recovery. i'm not one of these people who's going to sit here and think that this is all great and all. , that it's just a simple problem. it's a huge problem. it's a self-induced problem. and i truly feel the only cure is being clean. wendy made it perfectly clear. i can't speak on it, i've never been addicted to it. the problem i have is you guys guys -- not particular people, but programs for recovery are taking money from senior citizens who are healthy and worked their whole lives and also children who are in schools who could be benefitting from sports and music and other school programs, and you want to take those taxpayer dollars and put them towards people who don't want to be clean which is the simple truth. you can't put poison in your system and think you're going to be able to function n