In a bid to address the city's drug crisis — and the crime and homelessness that come with it — San Francisco voters shifted right in Tuesday's primary, approving ballot measures that aim to boost enforcement powers.
  • snooggums@midwest.socialEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Hasn’t the failed war on drugs shown the narrative that drugs cause the homelessness and crime and are not just another symptom of the underlying problems is a lie?

    Guess not to the general public.

    • ryathal@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      Whether they are a cause or symptom, people shooting up in the streets and leaving needles everywhere is unacceptable.

      • Augustiner@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        They wouldn’t have to shoot up in the streets if SF still had the safe injection sites up. People who shoot up in the streets do so mostly because they want to get found if they OD.

        Making it illegal to be high won’t make addicts want to stop getting high, it will just push them into dark corners where they die when they OD. Imo that’s way more unacceptable.