"Prison is an important option for incapacitating and punishing those who commit crimes, but the data show long prison sentences do little to deter people from committing future crimes."https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/five-things-about-deterrence …
I hear you there - I would much prefer legalization and taxation. But in the meantime, we could prevent them from congregating on the streets, leaving needles and mayhem in their wake. New York accomplished this in the 90s. This can be accomplished again - with proper policy.
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Our own laws confiscating property where users gather and drug use and sales take place has uniquely created the outdoor open air drug markets we have in San Francisco, but our brutal violent police state certainly doesn't help, we would like drugs users off the street, let them.
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No, what has created the open air markets, are that police have been told to stand down and not make arrests for brazenly breaking the law in broad daylight. Get users into treatment centers, dealers off the streets. Simple.
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