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This is why, in a recent interview with the Washington

Jan. 20, 2019 by Paul Fletcher

This is why, in a recent interview with the Washington Post, Clark County Mayor Andy Clark said that the state must act.

"I'm calling on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to intervene and stop this measles outbreak," he told the Post.

Clark County's emergency response to the measles outbreak, known as the "pre-vaccination crisis," has been hampered by a lack of coordination of the county's medical-marijuana programs.

Despite being a heavily populated county, Clark County's marijuana law is in jeopardy of being struck down entirely due to the lack of coordination between its medical-marijuana programs. As governor, Clark County was the first in the state to pass a medical-marijuana law, passed in 2010. The statewide law has been criticized by pro-marijuana activists who fear that legalization of marijuana could lead to a massive increase in illegal and immoral marijuana use—and would cause serious harm to the state's children.

Despite the fact that Clark County has already passed its most recent medical-marijuana law in 2015, it continues to be a state that is subject to state criminal-enforcement laws.

The government has not only failed to ensure the safety of the public but has not even taken steps to provide basic health care services within its borders, including vaccinations. The county has had to issue licenses to doctors to prescribe vaccinations as well as to use emergency rooms and other facilities to treat the measles.

In an interview with The Washington Post, Clark County officials said that the county's medical-marijuana law is in jeopardy of being struck down entirely due to the lack of coordination between its medical-marijuana programs.

"The county has been doing everything it can to keep it open," Clark County Health Director Richard Cope told the Post. "All we can do is educate the children who are already in a state of fear."

The number of measles cases has grown over the past week, with the number of confirmed cases reported reaching 2,300 since January, and more than 1,000 confirmed cases are currently on the way to the county's medical-marijuana facilities.

"This is the largest number of measles cases in Clark County history—and the number of people who have been vaccinated has increased," said Judy Nelms, director of policy and public health at the Washington State Department of Health and Human Services.

She continued, "We're having to respond to the increasing measles outbreak in the county by putting in place more and more resources to ensure that people have the