Clarence Jones

Well, you know, Stan, thank you very much. And I'm very excited about this, too. And I think that Pearl made sure that we understood the legislation. She said, it is the decriminalization of paraphernalia and residue legislation that we're going to be talking about today.

Well, you know, Stan, thank you very much. And I'm very excited about this, too. And I think that Pearl made sure that we understood the legislation. She said, it is the decriminalization of paraphernalia and residue legislation that we're going to be talking about today.

And I think that this is one of the reasons why we wanted to talk about it, because there's some new legislation that's coming on. And we are very fortunate to have some really world-class leaders here.

And I think that this is one of the reasons why we wanted to talk about it, because there's some new legislation that's coming on. And we are very fortunate to have some really world-class leaders here.

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.