Are you worried about losing your job? asks Yekutiel. No. Boudin says he just wants to do his job.
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"This is a public health crisis,"
@chesaboudin adds. "I want it to be easier to get help than it is to get high." Check out our inside look into the city's drug crisis for more on this issue:https://heresaymedia.org/recovering-heroin-addict-san-francisco-failing-drug-users/ …Show this thread -
Now we've moved into decarceration. Boudin believes it's not just a criminal justice issue but a public health issue. "75% of people who are taken to SF county jail are drug-addicted, mentally ill or both. My role is to promote public safety," he says.
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He cites a case he dealt with during the pandemic of moving a young drug-addicted woman to space where she could safely deliver her child. "It doesn't make us safer for a young woman with a substance abuse problem and a high-risk pregnancy to be in jail during a pandemic."
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"I wish our city could work through things together than attacking each other quite so much," says Yekutiel in closing. Yekutiel hopes that discussions like this can be a starting point to respectively and civically work through city issues. And that's all for tonight, folks.
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All of those things focus on the demand of drugs. But we must focus on the supply too. Portugal, Netherlands and Switzerland all found balance between HR services, treatment and breaking up open drug scenes. We are missing a key component in
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