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17 Nov, 6 tweets, 2 min read
I propose to take the affirmative side in a debate over the following:

“San Francisco & other U.S. cities should do what Amsterdam did & shut down open drug scenes by arresting dealers, mandating rehab to addicts who break the law, and redevelopment”

Any takers?
Would you be interested in attending or watching this debate?
Here’s background on the resolution I propose supporting in a fair debate with anyone who would like to take the negative side

bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…
And more:
With 100k/year dead from drugs, and ~700/year dying in SF alone, there should be greater willingness for people to consider alternative views, and engage in open debate & dialogue, rather than assume the only solution is state-sponsored drug injection sites.
I am happy to report that @HamasakiLaw has agreed to debate!

We will let everyone know the details shortly!

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Over 100,000 Americans died from illicit drugs in a single year. Progressives blame drug prohibition, conservatives blame lockdowns. Both are wrong. The reason the carnage continues is because we're failing to do what Europe did

michaelshellenberger.substack.com/p/why-we-must-…
The United States Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday announced that 100,000 Americans died from illicit drugs in the 12 month period ending in April, a nearly 30 percent increase from the same period the year before.
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Both sides are wrong. The cause of the 100,000 deaths is the normalization of hard drug use and the liberalization of drug laws.
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Netherlands once had a drug death crisis, too. It solved it by arresting drug dealers & mandating rehab as an alternative to prison. Progressives oppose both. Yes, a tiny # of addicts for whom methadone didn’t work get heroin in sanctioned drug sites. But fewer than 150.
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Biden is asking the Fed. Trade Commission’s @linakhanFTC to investigate gas price manipulation. Will this be non-partisan? If so, please start in California, home to some of our highest prices, a “mysterious gas surcharge”, & long history of oil/gas influence over Dem governors
Californians have over-paid $20B (!) on gasoline since 2005 & nobody knows why because @JerryBrownGov & now @GavinNewsom refuse to investigate

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California's “mystery gasoline surcharge” cost the average family an astonishing *$1,800* per year *before* the recent increase in prices

And, no, it’s not explained by
“refinery issues, “fuel blend” or taxes

I bet it’s not a “mystery” to somebody!

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17 Nov
For decades, Greens said Europe could shut down its nuclear plants & rely on renewables & a bit of natural gas. Last week Euro leaders pressured Africa & India to give up coal. Now, Europe finds itself at the mercy of Russia and is burning coal plants like there’s no tomorrow
Having warned of all of this for more than a decade, am I enjoying this? To some extent I am. Call it energiewendeschadenfreude.
Who could have ever guessed that the people who said industrial civilization was a mistake were trying, through their energy policies, to destroy industrial civilization?
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Already rich nations are blaming India for the failure of UN climate talks but there are 300+ million Indians who live on $1/day & it's unfair for the US, UK, Germany to demand India not burn coal before they become developed enough to afford natural gas & nuclear
It's especially hypocritical for the USA, UK, & Germany to demand India agree to quit coal at the *very same moment* that all three nations are *returning* to coal
The return to coal by the US, UK, and Germany is likely to be temporary, but all three nations became rich burning huge quantities of coal in the past, and so it's unethical that they demand that India, where 500M people will still use wood/dung in 2030, immediately phase it out
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environmentalprogress.org/energy1
California is planning on shutting down this nuclear plant in 2024-25 and replacing it with solar farms and fossil fuels. In the name of the environment
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