We prosecute property crimes every day. For better or worse. And it's far more humane and less expensive to pay restitution than it is to send people to our failed, massively expensive and criminogenic prisons.https://twitter.com/bay_snark/status/1274737205299122178 …
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But what are you going to do about the TL dealers?
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The Disney part is right...
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Do you have any evidence that he drug war is helpful, reduces usage, or availability under any circumstances including behind bars or in heavily controlled environments?
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In its totality? No I do not. I do however have evidence that “allowing” (arresting and releasing) dealers to roam free to sell to the addicted, results in increasing ODs.https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/in-san-francisco-drug-overdose-deaths-surpass-300/ …
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"“Decriminalizing drugs is even more urgent now than in 1972, ... Postponing decriminalization will only make matters worse, and make the problem appear even more intractable.” --Milton Friedman, 1989, in an open letter to Bill Bennett https://www.econ.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/yablon_daniel.pdf …
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