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While I think anecdotes are valuable and should not be easily dismissed, we have decades of research and evidence supporting the benefit of harm reduction cente
by culi 2y ago
While I think anecdotes are valuable and should not be easily dismissed, we have decades of research and evidence supporting the benefit of harm reduction centers. They reduce risk of overdose morbidity and mortality while not increasing crime or public nuisance to the surrounding community.
E.g. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8541900/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8541900/
- rib3ye 2y agoIt's just really hard to swallow the findings in this paper (all non-US cities) when you can see such a visible change on the streets in SF since the pandemic. By all official accounts crime is down in SF, but many agree something has changed in the way homeless carry. I would dare to use the word "entitled" to describe the cavalier way large encampments and bicycle chop shops are set up.
- kcrwfrd_ 2y agoI think a confounding variable is that SF also significantly reduced jail sentencing and prosecution of other types of crime during the pandemic.