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WYDEN, SMITH ANNOUNCE FUNDING
TO FIGHT METHAMPHETAMINE IN OREGON
Final appropriations legislation also
provides funding for salmon recovery efforts,
tsunami warning systems, community development projects
November 11, 2005
Washington, DC – U.S. Senators
Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Gordon Smith (R-Ore.) today announced that
a number of Oregon community-based anti-methamphetamine programs
will soon receive Federal funding as part of appropriations legislation
to be approved by Congress this week. Additionally, the Pacific
Coast Salmon Recovery Fund and oceanic observation research efforts
at Oregon State University (OSU) are slated to receive funding.
The Federal dollars approved for the projects were included in
the combined FY 2006 Commerce/Justice/Science (CJS) funding bill
from the Senate and the Science-State-Justice-Commerce funding
bill from the House; the legislation will next move to the White
House for signature into law.
“Getting meth off the streets and out of our communities
is going to take concerted effort at all levels of government,”
said Wyden. “The funding included in this bill supports
the kind of local-Federal partnerships that work best to fight
the meth epidemic in our state and across the country. At the
same time, this legislation also supports Oregon’s economy
from its coastal communities to eastern Oregon.”
“Methamphetamine production
and addiction is one of the worst crises facing Oregon today,”
said Smith. “By passing this bill we are providing desperately-needed
funds for law enforcement and treatment so we can aggressively
target both the supply and demand of this terrible epidemic. In
addition, we are directing resources for important economic development
and environmental projects throughout the state of Oregon.”
The local programs to combat methamphetamine
that will soon receive funding are:
• $450,000 for the Marion
County Sheriff’s Office’s Breaking Meth Addiction
Program;
• $200,000 for the Lane County
Methamphetamine Abatement Initiative;
• $100,000 for the Portland
Meth Initiative;
• $75,000 for the Washington
County Drug Court Pilot Program for meth abusers;
• $50,000 for the Lincoln
County Methamphetamine Initiative.
Funding for other Oregon projects includes:
• $6.5 million for the Pacific
Coast Salmon Recovery Fund;
• $500,000 for statewide tsunami
readiness efforts, including the installation of warning sirens,
particularly focused on high-risk coastal communities;
• $500,000 for OSU for the
development of the Oregon Coastal Ocean Observing System;
• $500,000 for Mobility International
USA for the Mobility Exchange Clearinghouse;
• $250,000 for the development
of the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services’
one-stop permitting portal;
• $250,000 for the construction
of the Fossil Bed Park and the Ancient Lands Field House;
• $200,000 for Lane County
for construction of the next phase of a Public Safety Emergency
Communications system;
• $70,000 for the World Affairs
Council of Oregon for the International Leadership Training Program;
• $50,000 for equipment for
the Linn County Sheriff’s office’s CHILD Project;
• $50,000 for technology improvements
for the West Linn Police Department;
• $25,000 for equipment for
the Curry County Sheriff’s office’s CHILD Project.
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