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> Crime — including robbery in public spaces — spiked 14 percent from 2021 to 2022, a rise police blame partly on increased drug use. Why not on economic hards
by mihaaly 3y ago
> Crime — including robbery in public spaces — spiked 14 percent from 2021 to 2022, a rise police blame partly on increased drug use.
Why not on economic hardship around the pandemic?
Am I the only one having the feeling that drog use was picked to blame for some of the troubles experienced (not all, visible use must be a burden, just like the visible alcoholismn on streets and related ill behaviour) and the article should have explored the alternative views some more.
- throwbadubadu 3y agoSure thing, e.g. Macron now blaming video games is in a similar ballpark, smokescreens left and right.
- npteljes 3y agoI have the same feeling. There are problems, so let's point at a marginalized group or a thing that people look down upon, and now we have less to explain!