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Michael Shellenberger
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We Californians think we’re so cosmopolitan but the majority of us have no idea that those highly-livable Europeans cities we love SHUT DOWN THEIR OPEN DRUG SCENES and continue to arrest people who camp, use drugs, and deal drugs publicly.
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Open drug scenes: responses of five European cities - BMC Public Health
Background Open drug scenes are gatherings of drug users who publicly consume and deal drugs. The authors conducted a study of five European cities that have met such scenes constructively. The aim...
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Michael Shellenberger
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The Woke Mind Virus that is rampaging through news organizations has prevented “journalists” from reporting basic facts, like the fact that IN PORTUGAL THEY ARREST YOU FOR USING DRUGS PUBLICLY
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Michael Shellenberger
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Many progressives believe that Portugal and Netherlands reduced drug deaths by simply decriminalizing drugs, which is wrong The Portuguese coerce addicts to quit, and don't allow public drug use, as the architect of the Portuguese approach explained to me:
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Michael Shellenberger
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I am going to defeat Newsom because voters are sick and tired of spending billions of dollars to subsidize addicts to rape and kill each other in encampments in front of schools, in parks, & alongside highways, and because I’m the only candidate with the courage to shut them down
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Newsom will spend millions of dollars lying about me but, at the end of the day, voters will have five months to properly understand what I’m proposing. Once they do, they will see that it’s the ONLY way to save our humanity and our civilization. /END
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Newsom’s strategy is cynical Don’t let it work!
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Thoughtful Republicans know that a vote for a Republican gubernatorial candidate is a vote for @GavinNewsom I am the only person who can defeat @GavinNewsom in November. Newsom knows that, which is why he is running ads aimed at increasing the name ID of my Republican opponent twitter.com/senatormelende…
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Michael Shellenberger
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They are shutting down open drug scenes in Seattle RIGHT NOW They aren't waiting Good on them And kudos to
@choeshow
@BrandiKruse
for doing the boots-on-the-ground reporting that much of the corporate media refuse to do
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Jonathan Choe Journalist (Seattle)
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HAPPENING NOW: @SeattleParks crews wrapping 6th & Cherry St homeless encampment clearing near Seattle City Hall and @SeattlePD HQ. Less than a dozen tents. But take a look at conditions here. We can’t live this way @MayorofSeattle WARNING: If you don’t like rodents avoid vid.
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Michael Shellenberger
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This is hardly the first time that a progressive mayor has stood up to the anarcho-nihilist Left Boston's progressive mayor stood up to the
@ACLU
& shut down an open drug scene last November This isn't rocket science But it requires the courage to care
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Michael Shellenberger
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The mayors of many progressive cities act helpless to stop the spread of homeless encampments, but Boston's mayor proves they can be humanely shut down so long as you a) recognize they're actually open air drug scenes & b) stand up to @ACLU bostonglobe.com/2021/11/05/met
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Michael Shellenberger
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I haven't been following what's happened lately in Boston or DC, but it's clear that this comes down to political will In DC there has been an open drug scene ("homeless encampment") in front of Union Station because wokeism
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Emily Jashinsky
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The progressive experiment playing out in our cities is so backwards, so illogical, and so tragic. In this case, progressive officials are urging the city to enable illegal outdoor living to prevent hypothermia. dcist.com/story/21/11/26 @ShellenbergerMD
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