Mark Greenbaum (he/him)

@Surgeon_General @PACRiseUp @WRBethesda @ASALifeline DRUG PROHIBITION POLICIES IN THIS COUNTRY ARE NOT BASED ON ANY SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE OR SCIENCE OF ANY KIND. THEY ARE BASED ON THE BELIEF THAT IF YOU KILL AND HARM ENOUGH PEOPLE, USERS WILL JUST STOP USING DRUGS.

@reason 40 years + with no wage growth due to supply side, but this is a job killer and not corporate greed, unions killed and outlandish CEO pay. Not to mention stock buy backs. This article is nonsense.

When politicians mandate higher minimum wages, they're betting that the value of virtue signaling to their supporters is greater than the economic damage done in terms of lost jobs and destroyed opportunities. reason.com/2024/03/29/min…

dahlgren has moved on from cannibal meth pigeons to squirrel overdoses. this is nasty work. there's something that can be done about this btw

@LiviMckay That is good for u but opioids help lots of people. No need to demonize them, especially now just cuz cannabis works better for u.

@JConrBOrtega Work? You really have nothing. I want to regulate a supply. U want it in the hands of cartel.

@howardbeale1985 But opioids aren’t illegal. They are regulated. You just don’t like you have to work to get them.

Harm Reduction in one pic.

@JConrBOrtega I want a regulated supply. U just said alcohol isn't but it's what I want. Well, WTF are u talking about? Oh, ur just lying.

@howardbeale1985 Alcohol isn’t sold like candy, but it’s what you want.

I can ask people who died bc of prohibition and they would tell u HR is bad even tho prohibition killed them but they def prefer to be dead instead of alive with a regulated supply bc reasons... Is actually the prohibition argument summed up nicely. Both stupid and evil.

@JConrBOrtega @howardbeale1985 That's not what you are calling for. You are calling for more anarchy and violence. Legal drug stores and bars that sell taxed regulated drugs are the peace, law, and order.

@JConrBOrtega We literally had an illegal market for alcohol shut down by the end of prohibition. This is the most strangely absurd lie. A process.... That magical process is what.... No ur just wrong.

@EinfachGenial22 @howardbeale1985 Because alcohol and legal drugs are regulated and require people to go through a process, and illegal market can only be shut down through law enforcement. A legal market with rules can’t compete with an illegal market with no rules.

@JConrBOrtega I am curious. Would u say alcohol is sold like candy?

@JConrBOrtega No u still have drug prohibition and that is the policy. It is a weird lie to say otherwise. That is what gets the money. U don't have regulated supply. Do u see how ur grift works? U lie then attack with BS to cover your failures. I am mad that we don't have regulated supply

@JConrBOrtega @EinfachGenial22 Your only grift is prohibition. Which u support.

@EinfachGenial22 @howardbeale1985 Our biggest grift is HealthRight360 who pushes HR as well as our city hall whose attempted at opening drug dens here in SF.

@EinfachGenial22 @JConrBOrtega We had the same problems during alcohol prohibition we have for opioids now.

@JConrBOrtega @howardbeale1985 If you don't want "tax payer funded drugs" you have to support legal drug stores and bars. That's the only other option. "Getting rid of drugs" isn't one.

@JConrBOrtega Forced treatment is something that has definitely been done. It increases the chance of fatal overdoses. People aren't dying from addiction. They are dying from the cartel supply u work so hard to protect.

@howardbeale1985 “Most people don’t need treatment”. That’s strange given the number of people who are addicted and have died. Forced treatment is something we haven’t done so it can’t be that causing overdose. Hmmm 🤔

@JConrBOrtega @EinfachGenial22 Failed policies that have never stopped drug use and won't save any lives

@EinfachGenial22 @howardbeale1985 I support 1. Heavier penalties for drug dealers that are citizens 2. Deportation for those who aren’t 3. Law enforcement present on the streets at all times.

@JConrBOrtega @EinfachGenial22 Failed policy like it will work "this time", bc that keeps the deaths up and money following. That is drug prohibition. Barry McCaffery once said the drug was unwinnable but infinitely fundable. You goal isn't to save lives. It is to pretend to.

@JConrBOrtega @EinfachGenial22 This is nonsense. People want a regulated supply. No one asked for fentanyl. They don't operate outside supply and demand. You get really smug when u can't actually support ur policies they are ridiculous. So u say no one "understands". Well I understand u are arguing for

@JConrBOrtega Then why has prohibition failed. U had all the money. Your policies have all been implemented. It is not hard to see your grift. You are just full of it.

@howardbeale1985 I’m saying to shut down the cartels and those who push drug usage. It’s not hard.

@JConrBOrtega The grift. Most people don't need treatment. Your treatment is charging money for AA, which is supposed to be free. Forced treatment is a massive failure that drives up overdose deaths. This doesn't actually solve the problem. We need regulated supply.

@howardbeale1985 So we should shut them down and get people into treatment.

@JConrBOrtega @EinfachGenial22 No it doesn't. This is a lie. HR fights the harms of drug prohibition bc it kills people and we are trying to save lives. U aren't gonna stop the cartel without legalization but u can make money pretending u will.

@howardbeale1985 @EinfachGenial22 Incorrect, im arguing to shut down the cartels and shut down drug use encouragement which HR does.

@JConrBOrtega Don't be ignorant and condescending at the same time. This is how the grift works. You haven't stopped the cartel with huge funding but u can, u just need more cash to fail so u can get more cash to fail.

@howardbeale1985 Incorrect, we want to shut it down, but you don’t. I’m not sure you know how addiction works. Happy to educate you.

U support the cartel supply. Harm reduction wants to replace it. Stop complaining about getting your way. Really stop blaming others for getting your way. Also, not how addiction works.