Clarence Jones

And I'm going to let Dr. Rhonda Marie Chikolis, who happens to be the president of the Minnesota Pharmaceutical Board, she's going to kind of take the lead for this one because she is much more familiar with this. And I want to just thank her for being here with us as we begin to talk about this very, very important topic. Dr. Rhonda Marie, how are you?

And I'm going to let Dr. Rhonda Marie Chikolis, who happens to be the president of the Minnesota Pharmaceutical Board, she's going to kind of take the lead for this one because she is much more familiar with this. And I want to just thank her for being here with us as we begin to talk about this very, very important topic. Dr. Rhonda Marie, how are you?

Yeah, I want to know, we've been throwing around this term harm reduction. What exactly does that mean so that people can understand why we're having this conversation?

Yeah, I want to know, we've been throwing around this term harm reduction. What exactly does that mean so that people can understand why we're having this conversation?

Yeah, so let me ask this question. I mean, it seemed like, and again, because this is Health Chatter, it seems like there would be a lot of opposition to some kind of legislation like this because people would say that any kind of support of this legislation would mean that you approve of drug use. Do you have that kind of a pushback?

Yeah, so let me ask this question. I mean, it seemed like, and again, because this is Health Chatter, it seems like there would be a lot of opposition to some kind of legislation like this because people would say that any kind of support of this legislation would mean that you approve of drug use. Do you have that kind of a pushback?

Clarence. Yeah. How widespread is the use of drugs in our communities? I think that, you know, people have different perspective, but could you give me some stats, some data so that people understand how widespread this issue is? You can do it both in Minnesota and nationally.

Clarence. Yeah. How widespread is the use of drugs in our communities? I think that, you know, people have different perspective, but could you give me some stats, some data so that people understand how widespread this issue is? You can do it both in Minnesota and nationally.

Yeah. Clarence. I tell you, this has really been a, I know we're getting close to the end of our time, but this has really been a very interesting eye-opener for me. And I said this when we first started was that this was an area that I was not necessarily familiar with, but I know that it was something that was going to affect our communities.

Yeah. Clarence. I tell you, this has really been a, I know we're getting close to the end of our time, but this has really been a very interesting eye-opener for me. And I said this when we first started was that this was an area that I was not necessarily familiar with, but I know that it was something that was going to affect our communities.

And so I appreciate Dr. Rhonda Marie, Eddie and Pearl and the rest of my crew for helping me to enter the conversation. And I know that we're going to be doing a community forum on December the 11th here at the Center for Changing Lives to talk more deeply about this conversation with the community because it is something that we have to address.

And so I appreciate Dr. Rhonda Marie, Eddie and Pearl and the rest of my crew for helping me to enter the conversation. And I know that we're going to be doing a community forum on December the 11th here at the Center for Changing Lives to talk more deeply about this conversation with the community because it is something that we have to address.

So I just want to thank you all for the opportunity for me to learn, to enter into this conversation, but also to be able to encourage others to join in with us.

So I just want to thank you all for the opportunity for me to learn, to enter into this conversation, but also to be able to encourage others to join in with us.

Thank you all again. Thank you, thank you. It helps me to enter the conversation.

Thank you all again. Thank you, thank you. It helps me to enter the conversation.

Yeah. So I'd like to go back again, Jay, to what you were trying to talk about, some of the symptoms of long COVID. So when you get COVID, can you tell if you're going to have just regular COVID or long-term COVID?

Yeah. So I'd like to go back again, Jay, to what you were trying to talk about, some of the symptoms of long COVID. So when you get COVID, can you tell if you're going to have just regular COVID or long-term COVID?

Yeah. Let me, let me, let me, let me go a little bit further. I think a lot of people during this period of time, um, didn't get COVID, but they had some other kind of strange things happening during this period of time. Were there other viruses that came up during this period that we don't talk about as much?

Yeah. Let me, let me, let me, let me go a little bit further. I think a lot of people during this period of time, um, didn't get COVID, but they had some other kind of strange things happening during this period of time. Were there other viruses that came up during this period that we don't talk about as much?