No civilized nation on the world *enables* drug addicts to die on the sidewalks like we do
Not Portugal, not Netherlands
Civilized nations mandate shelter, treatment, work
Progressive harm reduction advocates lied about what other nations did
Now 90k/year (+73k in 20 yrs) die
Not Portugal, not Netherlands
Civilized nations mandate shelter, treatment, work
Progressive harm reduction advocates lied about what other nations did
Now 90k/year (+73k in 20 yrs) die
https://twitter.com/jacquiberlinn/status/1402337833654706177
Civilized nations mandate treatment
The philosophy of “Everyone just has to hit bottom” and “You can’t force someone” is used to justify the totally unnecessary deaths of 90,000 people in the U.S. annually
It’s an immoral ideology, and disproven by civilized nations
The philosophy of “Everyone just has to hit bottom” and “You can’t force someone” is used to justify the totally unnecessary deaths of 90,000 people in the U.S. annually
It’s an immoral ideology, and disproven by civilized nations
In Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Lisbon, Vienna, and Zürich, law enforcement and social service workers broke up the open drug scenes, what we call “homeless encampments, mandated treatment, and provided basic shelter, not luxury apartments costing $750k to $1M in expensive cities.
California’s Gov @GavinNewsom must do the same thing & @Caitlyn_Jenner @BeastJohnCox @Kevin_Faulconer must advocate the same approach
It is the ONLY approach that has worked and is the ONLY approach that can work, for inherent physical, medical, and moral-economic reasons.
It is the ONLY approach that has worked and is the ONLY approach that can work, for inherent physical, medical, and moral-economic reasons.
Progressives must drop the dogmatism and open their eyes to how their policies are counterproductive
Conservatives must stop being so provincial and punishment-oriented
We need to be practical. We need to do what works
Conservatives must stop being so provincial and punishment-oriented
We need to be practical. We need to do what works
This scientific, peer-reviewed paper tells you 75% of what you need to know about how we will end the open drug scenes (“homeless encampments”) that are destroying L.A., SF, Seattle, & Vancouver
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…
It is shameful for all of us who live here that we are *subsidizing* the mass death, 90,000 per year, of addicts and children by fentanyl, meth, & other hard drugs
It’s bonkers and immoral. No civilized nation has ever allowed such a thing, or ever would
It has to stop
It’s bonkers and immoral. No civilized nation has ever allowed such a thing, or ever would
It has to stop
We must break up the drug scenes, mandate treatment, and mandate basic shelter
We must spend $1B minimum on PSAs warning parents & children of potentially instant death from fentanyl
We just centralize psychiatric services
We must build a state+USA movement for those things
We must spend $1B minimum on PSAs warning parents & children of potentially instant death from fentanyl
We just centralize psychiatric services
We must build a state+USA movement for those things
Background:
environmentalprogress.org/california-pea…
environmentalprogress.org/california-pea…
environmentalprogress.org/california-pea…
environmentalprogress.org/faqs-drugs-cri…
environmentalprogress.org/california-pea…
environmentalprogress.org/california-pea…
environmentalprogress.org/california-pea…
environmentalprogress.org/faqs-drugs-cri…
We are bringing together parents of kids killed by fentanyl, parents of kids at risk of being killed, former addicts, neighborhood leaders, and experts
These are dark days but once people understand the vision and what works we will get the political response and change we need.
These are dark days but once people understand the vision and what works we will get the political response and change we need.
The good news is that all 5 European nations went through the exact same debate we are having in West Coast cities
“All of the cities had initially a period with conflict between liberal and restrictive policies. A political consensus was a prerequisite for effective action.”
“All of the cities had initially a period with conflict between liberal and restrictive policies. A political consensus was a prerequisite for effective action.”
All 5 Euro cities recognized that they were dealing with an *addiction* problem resulting in behaviors that were ruining cities for their residents
(“…drug dependence was met as a health problem and drug use behaviour as a public nuisance problem…”)
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…
(“…drug dependence was met as a health problem and drug use behaviour as a public nuisance problem…”)
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…
In every city the police & social services were involved
In no case was it one or the other
“Low threshold health services including opioid maintenance treatment were combined with outreach social work and effective policing.”
In no case was it one or the other
“Low threshold health services including opioid maintenance treatment were combined with outreach social work and effective policing.”
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