Hard to think of a policy that’s done more harm to our cities than ‘harm reduction’.

@ColeMaritz No, I disagree.. people are going to do what they’re going to do the least that we can do is make it as safe for them to do what they’re doing as possible. Additionally, you can offer services to help them manage and address their addiction. i’ve seen at work.

@ColeMaritz Additionally, if you have Safe use sites that one helps keep people alive, but it also takes people that are using drugs off the street. And again offer services to help them deal with their addiction.

@DecaturTenant I used to think that, but the evidence suggests otherwise. Oregon decriminalized drug possession in 2020, but then re-criminalized it in 2024. And the evidence that safe use sites keep people alive is thin: city-journal.org/article/superv…