"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
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Replying to @chesaboudin @DrugPolicyOrg
How much harder is it for addicts to get clean if drug dealers are right there to supply, and that temptation is so readily available? Shouldn't that be obvious, if the goal isn't to protect drug trafficking?
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That’s a perfect argument for decriminalization. Let’s get it off of the streets and into stores and bars, and provide safe injection sites. Problem solved. Just like alcohol.
5:36 PM - 31 Jul 2021
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