The drug crisis is raging amongst the unhoused in #SanFrancisco. It's complicating our approach. Anyone who suggests that addiction is not intertwined with the homeless population is either ignorant, in denial or just wants to support a larger political narrative.
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Do you think this approach is draconian? "Police broke up the open-air drug scene and health workers were on hand to offer methadone, treatment, and shelter. The police broke up gatherings of more than four or five users, but did not treat personal and private use as a crime."
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"Officers ticketed violators, and if users did not pay their fines, which was frequent, the courts ordered arrests, and sentenced individuals to follow a treatment plan or face incarceration"
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Harm Reduction and homeless activists in
#SanFrancisco would scream that is "criminalizing the homeless!" Whats more criminal? Getting people off the street and into recovery or keeping people comfortable on the street while they slowly die on an "installment plan" of addiction?4 replies 3 retweets 22 likesShow this thread -
I've heard the term "Body Autonomy" bandied about by harm reduction folks to justify people using drugs in open air settings. Oddly enough, that's a Libertarian argument.
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The result of this autonomy? The highest overdose death rate in SF County per capita in the United States. This is fact.pic.twitter.com/fgsWMvUAZG
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@DA_LarryKrasner and @chesaboudin a match made in heaven. Obviously the problem runs deeper than them but when you all but legalize drug trafficking, people take advantage. If there’s anything I’ve learned from the movies, it’s a lucrative business.
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