Thread by @ShellenbergerMD

Jacqui is desperate to save her son from death by fentanyl

Nothing has worked. California’s laws & politicians aren’t helping

And so she’s going to protest the fentanyl dealers in San Francisco this Wednesday during the lunch hour

I will join her

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https://twitter.com/jacquiberlinn/status/1396645403110481923

Jacqui: “The only way Corey will be able to escape his addiction is if he arrested, taken to court, and sentenced to mandatory drug treatment as an alternative to jail. But California’s laws no longer allow that.”

“It’s true that a lot of the war on drugs did more harm than good. But we have swung too far in the other direction. We have no other way to save our son from potential death. Corey could overdose and die from fentanyl or be killed in some other way. We are desperate for action.”

“And so from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, I am going to protest the drug dealers who sell to him at Turk and Hyde Streets, in front of the mini-park, in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco. The protest is my cry for help, and for action.”

“I want Calif Gov. @GavinNewsom to lead the effort to restore mandatory drug treatment as an alternative to jail for people who break the law. I want San Fran Mayor @LondonBreed to break-up the open-air drug scene. And I want the drug dealers to stop selling dangerous drugs”

“In the U.S., drug overdose deaths rose from 17,000 in 2000 to 90,000. Significantly more people die of drug overdoses today than of homicide (13,927 in 2019) or car accidents (36,096 in 2019).”

“San Fran has the fourth-highest drug OD death rate of any major city in U.S. In 2020, 713 people died of accidental drug overdoses, a 61% increase from 2019. San Francisco’s OD deaths rose from 11 per 100,000 people in 1985 to 81 per 100,000 in 2020, an over seven-fold increase”

“How can cities break up open-air drug scenes? Cities need to use carrots and sticks. A major study found that 5 Euro cities (Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Lisbon, Vienna, and Zurich) ended open drug scenes through the combo of social services and law enforcement.”

“The same worked in the U.S. In North Carolina, police broke up drug dealing with community outreach workers. They offered the dealers jobs and help with restarting their life as an alternative to arrest and incarceration.”

“Can other people join your protest? Yes! I hope they do. But I am going to protest even if Michael and I are the only people there.”

Learn more:

stopfentanyldeaths.org

michaelshellenberger.substack.com/p/why-californ…

@UnivisionNews @NBCUTelemundo @susannagontv @KTVU @HeatherKTVU @KCBSRadio @BungerKCBSRadio @KPIXtv @WilsonKPIX @BettyKPIX

@SFPDTenderloin

This is a non-partisan protest and we invite all of California’s gubernatorial candidates to join us:

@GavinNewsom @Kevin_Faulconer @Caitlyn_Jenner @BeastJohnCox

We welcome SF Mayor @LondonBreed & all Supervisors to attend Jacqui's protest and, if they like, to say a few words.

@conniechansf @MattHaneySF @RafaelMandelman @D4GordonMar @myrnamelgar @AaronPeskin @DeanPreston @HillaryRonen @Ahsha_Safai @SupStefani @shamannwalton

We also welcome both SF's District Attorney @chesaboudin and those who are seeking to recall him @recallchesa @TruthAboutChesa @recallsfda to attend and say a few words

All are welcome to join Jacqui's protest to save her son & stop OD deaths

🙏❤️

stopfentanyldeaths.org

We have received many messages expressing concern for our safety

SF's fentanyl dealers are armed & dangerous. They frequently use machete's to hack & cut addicts who fail to pay and enforce control in other ways

We are putting Safety First & taking strong precautions.

This morning I spoke with SF Police Officer Victor Lew and formally requested a police presence from @SFPDTenderloin

Whether or not they send a presence we will evacuate the scene immediately at any sign of danger, and are taking measures to allow such evacuations to occur.

But Jacqui & I are both clear that whether or not SF Police is present, we will carry out the protest

If our lives are in danger for holding a peaceful and law-abiding protest on the sidewalk in a downtown San Francisco neighborhood, then let the world see that

The life of Corey, Jacqui's son, is in danger, as are the lives of thousands of other San Franciscans and Americans

Last year, 90,000 people died of drug overdoses. In 2000, just 17,000 did

In 2019, 14k died of homicide, 36k of car accidents

It's time for real action.

Thank you, @SimonTimony

We welcome the participation of @APAPAHQ & #TheYellowWhistle project to supply safety whistles

SF has a great tradition of safety whistles. Harvey Milk & his allies used them to protect LGBTQ people from violence.

https://twitter.com/SimonTimony/status/1396903815723450368?s=20

I just got off the phone with SFPD Tenderloin Station Captain Captain Christopher Canning

The Captain assured me there would be an active police presence during our protest

I emphasized that we are Safety First & will work with his team to stay safe

https://twitter.com/SFPDTenderloin/status/1363262785069543424?s=20

Captain Canning said his team will also put a priority on traffic safety, an issue I am highly sensitive to since I was nearly killed after being hit by a truck when I was 10

In SF, the addiction crisis is causing a wave of deaths by intoxicated drivers

abc7news.com/car-crash-san-…

Let’s go

This happened this morning:

"I was on my morning walk when I came across a good samaritan calling 911 for a young man who was unresponsive and turning blue on a street corner in Potrero Hill." @KRON4MKelly

Totally bonkers

kron4.com/news/bay-area/…