You can stick someone in prison and they'll find a way to get high so how does supremely costly mandatory treatment benefit anyone other than the poverty mafia and associated politicians?
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Replying to @Kenneth73004293 @KevinKrooss and
I'm with you. We hurt way more people than help them imo. But I do believe there is a way to help rehabilitate people who want help but the model is more like a Community First approach in Austin, TX.
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Replying to @sf_kerry @Kenneth73004293 and
That is a good approach. I am all for it. Need to use multiple approaches, including prevention.
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Replying to @mystocean @sf_kerry and
Again who are we talking about? The 1 in 100 addicts who’s willing to do the work? Or the 99 who aren’t interesting in anything or anyone but getting high? The one isn’t a problem. They’ll recover in almost any program. They’re willing.
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Replying to @KevinKrooss @sf_kerry and
99% of those with addictions are not irrevocably wedded to their addictions. "We want people to know that opioid addicts can achieve full recovery without opioid maintenance drugs. And, it’s not rare or unusual when people get the right kind of help."https://unicornsarereal.org/about/
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Replying to @mystocean @sf_kerry and
At any given time very few want to stop. Maybe later when life gets bad, (“bottom”) they are. That’s not unusual. I stick by my observations. Addicts need to be very willing to stop, their own misery makes them, not any policy,program,person,$. Once willing, anything works.
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Replying to @KevinKrooss @mystocean and
"almost anything works" - still can't rationalize spending a billion dollars a year in SF alone for Mental Health SF. We have other choices.
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Replying to @sf_kerry @mystocean and
I didn’t say everything works equally well. And most of the money goes to detoxes, housing and the medical care people have neglected. It’s not all recovery. You have to have the willingness of Sir Edmund Hillary to get clean just by reading a book from your local library.
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Replying to @KevinKrooss @mystocean and
Do you think we should do something about the drug dealers who are preying on our addicts?
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Dealers don’t go where they are unwanted, so what are neighborhoods and communities doing to send strong messages that they aren’t welcome here?
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Replying to @sf_kerry @mystocean and
Drug dealers supply a demand. Eliminate the demand. Develop prevention programs for children, that work.
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