Healthcare professionals demanded we drastically reduce the jail population, so we listened. On Jan 21, the SF jail population was 1,238. On March 4, when the emergency was declared, it was 1,097. Yesterday, it was 766. Meanwhile, crime rates continue to decrease in SF.
"Pew poll found that roughly two-thirds of respondents believe that people should no longer be prosecuted for possession of drugs like cocaine or heroin.22" https://www.unodc.org/documents/ungass2016/Contributions/Civil/DrugPolicyAlliance/DPA_Fact_Sheet_Approaches_to_Decriminalization_Feb2015_1.pdf …
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The problem is we're not doing any of that. We're arresting and releasing drug offenders and sellers into diversion programs that don't exist. Which does nothing for them, it endangers innocent people, and kills drug abusers. The decriminalization of drug abuse hasn't worked here
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Talk to the thousands of people who live in Tenderloin and SOMA and you'll see. Our interpretation of decriminalization of drug abuse has not helped.
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