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Is the problem that prison in the US doesn't focus on rehabilitation, leading to a revolving door of recidivism? Decriminalising drugs has been seen by many to
by philjohn 4y ago
Is the problem that prison in the US doesn't focus on rehabilitation, leading to a revolving door of recidivism?
Decriminalising drugs has been seen by many to have been a positive policy change in Portugal, is it just being done differently? Are there other externalities at play, like the opiod issue being much larger in the US, and states not minding foisting their homelessness problem on CA?
- aidenn0 4y ago1. San Francisco is a city that approximately zero people can afford to buy hosing in. 2. The weather in coastal California is mild compared to the rest of the country 3. The drug laws in California are more liberal (both in theory and in practice) than most of the rest of the country 4. The drug laws in San Francisco are more liberal (both in theory and in practice) than most of the rest of California. 5. It's not just drug laws that were de-facto liberalized in San Francisco, it's most non-violent crimes, including petty theft and shop-lifting. So if you want to steal lots of low volume items to buy drugs to shoot up and live on the street, this is the city for you. The city hasn't crashed under the weight of this because (due to the approximately in #1) there are enough wealthy people living their and paying taxes to fund a lot of these programs. There are, of course, lots of other reasons why the bay area has issues (e.g. There are many small cities across nine counties, so any central planning is difficult). The closest I can think of for Portugal might be "What if Faro, while in the middle of a real-estate boom, significantly liberalized its drug laws and a large fraction of the drug addicts from points west of Austria relocated there"
- philjohn 4y agoYep - that's fair, great answers!