"More Americans died from drug overdose in a 12-month period than at any other point in history.” We need new approaches, safe consumption sites, and real treatment to stop this tragic surge of overdoses during the pandemic.https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/whats-behind-the-historic-spike-in-drug-overdose-deaths-under-covid-19 …
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Replying to @chesaboudin
Why not more effort around preventing the drugs from getting here, getting sold on our streets...really focusing on the source not on enabling 'safer' consumption?
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Replying to @BethOdo_SF @chesaboudin
Because hundreds of years has proven that a losing strategy. Where there is money to be made, a market will appear.
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Replying to @StenchOfYouth @chesaboudin
If you want to talk in supply/demand economics, a safe injection site doesn’t reduce demand or supply so how is that more effective than at least trying to reduce supply?
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