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> pretty much everyone in the metro area under study (SF) used drugs, or at least drug use was equally prevalent in pretty much every geographical area and amo
by RcouF1uZ4gsC 3y ago
> pretty much everyone in the metro area under study (SF) used drugs, or at least drug use was equally prevalent in pretty much every geographical area and among all demographics.
A lot of this depends if you are targeting drug users or drug dealers. While I agree that drug users are spread throughout the city, I would be very surprised if drug dealers are spread throughout the city. I would guess that drug dealers are far more clustered than drug users. So while it is useless if you are trying to target drug users, it is probably helpful for targeting drug dealers.
- tech_ken 3y agoRich people abusing drugs have to get them somewhere, and they're probably not traveling to skid row to get them. I agree that drug dealers and drug users probably have different dynamics, but the reality is that police prosecute both, and in the case of the latter the above described dynamic clearly exists.
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoWe had a problem with high school kids buying drugs from homeless encampments near bus stops...which is why we no longer allow homeless encampments near bus stops...because fent kills these kids (which even the most "drugs are harmless" advocate doesn't want happening).
- mrguyorama 3y agoAll the kids who bought drugs in my small town bought them from a cop's kid or a teacher.
- ChadNauseam 3y agoMost people don't care at all if someone is injecting fentanyl in the privacy of their own home, but you shouldn't do it right next to an elementary school. Clearly the police will have a priority in which one of these to prosecute.