"You should not have to be arrested in order to access treatment, and treatment should not happen under the threat of incarceration."
-Lindsay Lasalle of @DrugPolicyOrg during our summit's first panel on the Intersection of Behavioral Health and the Criminal Legal System in SF
You should educate yourself by watching the the DAs summit on the Intersection of Behavioral Health and the Criminal Legal System in SF. His comment reflect the overwhelming evidence that people with mental health and drug problems only get help as criminals
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The government has a huge budget, many years to work on it, and many programs to help the addicts. Obviously that approach isn’t working. Provide support for non-violent addicts without any risk of jail, if they want to change. Jail the violent addicts and ensure they get better
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