Street Roots: Special drug issue on the streets tomorrow

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Special drug issue on the streets tomorrow

Street Roots first special edition of 2008 - the Drug Issue is out tomorrow.

The newspaper is jam packed with articles and commentaries, including a look at Oregon’s incarceration rate for drug related offenses and Portland’s myriad of recovery and harm reduction programs.

The paper has a fascinating interview with Judge Christopher Marshall with the Multnomah County’s drug treatment court, and we talk with Narco News founder Alberto Giordano.

We bring you an in-depth look at Portland’s controversial Service Coordination Team and how it relates to Project 57 and a neighborhood list made up of “chronic offenders.”

Portland author Martha Gies walks us through Gary Webb’s long shadow of reporting about the drug trade in Latin America and how it eventually led to the investigative reporters death.

We talk to Portland’s Drug and Vice squad, hear from law enforcement officers against prohibition, and highlight poetry from addicts on the streets.

All of this and much more in the special edition hitting the streets tomorrow.

Buy a copy from a neighborhood vendor today!

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Look for a vendor at these locations:
Alberta Cooperative Grocery (1500 NE Alberta St.)
Central Library (801 SW 10th Ave.)
Daily Grind Natural Foods (4026 SE Hawthorne Blvd.)
5th & Morrison
Food Front (2375 NW Thurman St.)
Fred Meyer (various locations)
New Seasons (various locations)
Nordstrom (701 SW Broadway)
Peet’s Coffee & Tea (1114 NW Couch St.; 1441 NE Broadway)
People’s Food Co-op (3029 SE 21st Ave.)
Portland State University
Powell’s Books (W Burnside and 10th Ave.; SE 37th & Hawthorne)
Safeway (various locations)
Trader Joe’s (NE 42nd & Sandy; NW 22nd & Glisan)
Wild Oats (E Burnside and 28th Ave.)
Whole Foods (1210 NW Couch St.)
Stumptown (SW 3rd & Pine)
Peet's Coffee (SW 6th & Yamhill)

Our dedicated vendors are at the heart of Street Roots' mission

Our dedicated vendors are at the heart of Street Roots' mission.

Over 70 active vendors buy and resell street roots in the Portland metropolitan area and Vancouver. Since 1998 Street Roots has help put more than $1 million dollars directly into the hands of poor people.

Becoming a vendor

Vendor orientations take place on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 1PM in the Street Roots office at 211 NW Davis. Vendor applicants must attend a one-hour training orientation to earn a badge certifying them as a street roots vendor. You won't be turned away as long as you are not under the influence during the orientation. As a new vendor you are given 10 papers to sell, on the house, to kickstart sales.

Vendors purchase papers for 30¢ each and sell them for $1 each. The high and continually improving quality of the paper makes street roots an easy sell in the community.

Benefits of becoming a vendor

Many street roots vendors are homeless and living on the street. Selling the paper enables them to look forward to another day. For quite a few of our vendors, selling street roots is the sole lifeline keeping them healthy and sane. Selling the paper has enabled scores of our vendors to put homelessness behind them.

When selling Street Roots for just a few hours can generate as much income as a full day of back-breaking day labor, it's no wonder that most of our vendors pursue this as a full-time endeavor. People who are unable to secure any other type of employment, whether due to chemical dependency, disability, a troubled history, or circumstance, welcome the opportunity to invest in themselves by selling street roots.

Our writers group helps vendors acquire the literary skills to compose and get published. Many street roots vendors regularly contribute poetry, art, and stories to the paper. A number of vendors have joined the staff as writers and columnists.

Vendors play a lead role in guiding the future of the organization. Vendors regularly hold meetings of a special council to resolve issues and disputes of key concern to those selling the paper.

In the planning stages are a micro-enterprise launcher, a small press publishing collective, and an arts & crafts workshop/gallery, among others—all engaging and employing impoverished people who are seeking to reclaim their lives.

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Special drug issue on the streets tomorrow

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