[mmichaels1970]

shifted focus to addiction and recovery, with police issuing citations for public drug use

The "citation" provides absolutely NO incentive for the person to WANT to recover from addiction. Instead, it enables them to continue their addiction. There are endless resources providing food, shelter, clothing and care for addicts who then are free to focus on the sole pursuit of scoring drugs. Every time I see somebody drop a dollar into the bucket of an "exit ramp" beggar, I see somebody basically buying drugs for an addict.

Our society has lost the will to FORCE addicts to recover. With FORCE meaning prison, monitored probation, involuntary mental health commitments, etc. We use the term "compassion" when it actually means "enabling".

Rampant drug abuse is like a large black cancer just decimating this country. I think we're screwed.

[AZJeep]

Recovery from addiction is pretty hard.
Expensive and long, excruciating process with rather small percentage of success.

The best solution is NEVER try!

Kind of the Nancy Reagan “just say NO!”

These people message is “Be safe, if you choose to do the drugs!”

That is just an invitation for young people to try - “You can be safe, you know!”

Huge mistake!
Like everything lefties do.