All the lies and scare tactics behind the GOP campaign to recall SF DA @chesaboudin can be dizzying.
I mean, the forest here is obvi a desperate plea for more failed, racist incarceration. But it's worth seeing that the trees are rotten.
So here's a THREAD w/ some FACTS:
Yeah, unlike alcohol those drugs can be used safely. Portugal imprisons less people for everything than we do in our counterproductive drug war. Usage of these more potent substances is a predicted and predictable result of prohibition.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_law_of_prohibition#%3A%7E%3Atext%3DThe_iron_law_of_prohibition%2C%2C_the_harder_the_drugs.%22?wprov=sfla1 …
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"unlike alcohol those drugs can be used safely." -- this is flat out completely false, and it would cause much more addiction, family tragedy, & death if legalized for recreational use. Drug dealers would like the increased profit$ though.pic.twitter.com/uAKYiyOd9R
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As our least toxic anesthetic, fentanyl is used on a daily basis safety under medical supervision. It's Prohibition not the drugs themselves that are dangerous.
#EndTheWarOnDrugs to end the overdoses and make our city safer.https://twitter.com/julianbuchanan/status/968429520788140032?t=wGSYnLvJvcjOHmR52sWDKA&s=19 … - Show replies
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