Drug deaths skyrocketed to 93,000 deaths in 2020 Increased from 72,000 deaths in 2019 Drug abuse is the biggest problem in America We need to wake up to the crisis and take strong actionhttps://www.cnn.com/2021/07/14/health/drug-overdose-deaths-2020/index.html …
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In the late 1990s I advocated for drug decriminalization, harm reduction, and liberalized drug laws I thought it would result in people getting the help they needed — treatment rather than prison I was wrong. The policies had some benefits but also contributed to rising deaths
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Over the last several years I have tried to understand what we got wrong and how to make it right I have recently published a series of articles on the topic, and in October, HarperCollins will publish a book by me on the topichttps://michaelshellenberger.substack.com/p/why-drug-abuse-not-climate-change …
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We don’t have to choose between mass death and mass incarceration, but liberalization alone clearly doesn’t work. We need to break up the open drug scenes, centralize addiction services, and restore consequences for criminal behaviorhttps://michaelshellenberger.substack.com/p/why-california-governor-gavin-newsom …
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I have been proud to help parents of children who have died from fentanyl, and are addicted to it, to demand action. They are heroes, and will succeedhttps://michaelshellenberger.substack.com/p/why-californians-should-be-ashamed …
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Many progressives believe that Portugal and Netherlands reduced drug deaths by simply decriminalizing drugs, which is wrong The Portuguese coerce addicts to quit, and don't allow public drug use, as the architect of the Portuguese approach explained to me:pic.twitter.com/OPKbzqyNuJ
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@chesaboudin needs to watch this and realize he's just helping to snuff out more opiate addicts. Might as well put the needle in their arm himself.
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