The nearly 100K overdose deaths in the US in 2020 are because of bad drug policies, stigmatization of people who use drugs, racism, housing crisis, and lack of resources including harm reduction and treatment. We need drastic measures to change all of these forces.
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Hi Alex Do you disagree with the architect of Portugal's approach? "There are a lot of myths around the Portuguese model... There’s a clear sign of disapproval from our society to the use of drugs. We do not incentivize or normalize the use of drugs”https://twitter.com/ShellenbergerMD/status/1415345836913922054?s=20 …
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2:19Michael ShellenbergerVerified account @ShellenbergerMDMany 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: pic.twitter.com/OPKbzqyNuJShow this thread1 reply 3 retweets 5 likes -
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I asked him, “If somebody was injecting heroin in public in Portugal what would happen to them?” He said, “They would be arrested. You would sent to the police station. The substances would be apprehended...."
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"If he had more than the amt for personal use for 10 days there would be criminal penalties. Less than that amount he would be required to present himself to a Commission [for the Dissuasion of Addiction] & be confronted on your drug use with health professionals. It’s mandatory”
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can you please set him up to speak with
@SF_DPH@LondonBreed@chesaboudin@SFPD@DOPEproject@Twolfrecovery@SupStefani@MattHaneySF . our policies on drug dealing and use are destroying SF1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
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“I get the same requests from San Jose, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle. All have large numbers of people with untreated mental illness & addiction, high housing prices, lots of property crime, and a political culture that stops them from doing anything”
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The policymakers are well-intentioned but are responding to progressive interest groups and voters who have been misled about what Portugal & Netherlands *actually* did as opposed to what progressives claim they did
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