Thread by @IwriteOK

if every dollar that currently goes to the DEA and drug enforcement went to provide serious addicts with free narcotics, we would all be safer and more secure

https://twitter.com/TheRealHobNobs/status/1420699582300884992

there are very few public policy suggestions I can make with more authoritative, evidence-based backing than "give addicts free narcotics"

petty theft will go down. homelessness will go down. overdoses will go down. Suicide will go down.

free heroin will protect more people than any number of drug cops

I should be clear that "give people drugs" also means "provide funded, clean and dignified sites where they can pick up and do said drugs"

This has been tested in multiple countries and works extremely well.

the fun thing about this is that providing what I've suggested in the most lavish way imaginable would still save the public billions compared to what we do now

you could literally coat the free heroin needles in gold leaf and the public would still save enough money to run a whole extra war somewhere