In 1971, the Nixon administration coined the term “War on Drugs.” Nixon’s crusade to eliminate illegal drug-use turned into propaganda by state-run media and was championed by succeeding presidents, including Reagan. Four decades and counting: The continued failure of the War on Drugs has led the government to waste hundreds of billions of dollars in taxpayer dollars and turned America’s prison system into a dystopian nightmare.
Prohibition of drugs is not only ineffective, but counterproductive, at achieving positive outcomes for society. Given the fact that the War on Drugs has contributed to an increase in drug overdoses and fostered the creation of powerful drug cartels domestically and internationally.
We have to ask the question: What can America do differently since the War on Drugs has failed?
The answer could be in the city of San Francisco, as the Department of Public Health is on pace to open two safe injections sites this July, which could become the nation’s first legal, safe injection site aimed at curbing the opioid epidemic. The facilities are considered safe spaces where drug abusers can inject drugs, such as heroin and fentanyl, under the careful supervision of trained medical staff to respond in the event of an overdose or other medical emergencies, said CNN.
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9 comments:
Nancy Pelosi's faithful voters.California always leads the way on all the latest trends.Idiots all over the country will now try to follow their lead.
WTH??????????????
WTF??? A, isn't illegal drug use against the law? What is going on with this country? First cities are "Sanctuary's" for illegals, and now they are going to also let drug users shot up?
What happened to law and order??
Lets put together "Rape Spaces", or Pedophile dating sites, I know, how about "Gun Free Zones".
Going back as far as 2010, the War On Drugs has been cited as costing the U.S. taxpayers over a TRILLION dollars, and that's just the accounted for money.
What a F'd up state!
I would think it's not safe to inject heroin anywhere.
The war on drugs is completely fake.
Wake up.
The military makes huge profits from the heroin trade.
Why do you think the soldiers guard the poppy fields instead of burning them down?
Use your head folks.
The elites want all of us to be medicated so we cannot rebel against their Empire.
Coming soon to a state near you! DELAWARE is debating the same idea.
Priority heroin safe places, yet an earlier story showed pictures of prepared food being thrown away daily while thousands are homeless. Many are Vets too!
WOW!
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