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Mike Erickson: “People come here, they do their drugs, they're on the…”

Featuring: Mike Erickson, Former Candidate, U.S. House Oregon, District 6

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Erickson hopes third time's the charm in OR legislature run

Published | Video Starts at 07:07

That's the first thing I would really like to work hard on is this sort of reversing some of these ballot measures that have affected the state. And you think about it, Ken, what's happened here is People come here, they do their drugs, they're on the streets, they have nowhere to go. No one's going to hire them. They're addicted drug addicts and no one's going to hire them. So they just sleep on the street. (07:07–07:12)

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Asserts that people who come to [Portland and Salem] are involved in drug use and homelessness.

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