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> If you were a junkie looking to earn a quick buck for your next fix and you decided to engage in petty theft how long do you think you'd get away with that k

• ZeroGravitas 4y ago
  There's a whole prepackaged narrative for right wing types about drug harm reducement being so bad it's counterproductive. Example headlines: Why We Must Arrest Drug Addicts This is revealing as to where they are coming from: > People who want to kill themselves in the privacy of their own homes by smoking fentanyl should be free to do so. But people who use drugs, camp publicly, and break other laws stemming from their addictions, such as shoplifting, should be arrested. And a big part of it is lying about how other countries deal with drugs to try to paint liberal American cities in a bad light. https://michaelshellenberger.substack.com/p/why-we-must-arrest-drug-addicts https://michaelshellenberger.substack.com/p/why-we-must-arre...