5) But the downside of making SF a drug mecca has serious downstream ramifications: + Addicts are preyed upon, often to the point of death + Businesses face property damage, shoplifting, trash/human waste, scared customers + City incurs massive costs (13/x)
Listen - I get it. I'm not arguing that we should arrest people for dealing with addictions. But doing nothing is not an option - we need to start somewhere. This @chesaboudin experiment has failed spectacularly - and we gave it an honest chance.
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This drug war has failed, and it was never for honest good or moral reasons to start with. It's the experiment that poses a existential risk and we must stop trying.pic.twitter.com/UFrxev8PD9
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Again: we are all in agreement here that criminalizing drug use is not an appropriate approach. Our current approach of turning a blind eye to the drug dealers responsible for hundreds of deaths this year is also not an appropriate strategy.
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