{"id":11143,"date":"2025-01-28T11:35:06","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T19:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=11143"},"modified":"2025-01-28T11:36:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T19:36:05","slug":"californians-made-it-clear-they-want-a-different-approach-to-addiction-and-homelessness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=11143","title":{"rendered":"Californians Made it Clear They Want a Different Approach to Addiction and Homelessness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vern Pierson, District Attorney of El Dorado County,* California, has <a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/commentary\/2025\/01\/addiction-homelessness-crisis-proposition-36\/\">this op-ed<\/a> with the above title in Cal Matters.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>California\u2019s drug crisis <a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/explainers\/california-opioid-crisis\/\">has only escalated<\/a>, with so-called \u201ccompassionate solutions\u201d like <a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/commentary\/2024\/04\/substance-use-cycle-california-homeless\/\">harm reduction<\/a> and past policies that decriminalized hard drugs making things worse.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *<\/p>\n<p>Normalizing addiction is neither compassionate nor effective \u2014 it\u2019s destructive. California must ensure the success of Prop. 36. Alongside drug courts and prevention-focused public education, this new law can address the root causes of addiction and homelessness, offering people a chance at recovery and stability.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>* El Dorado County is in California&#8217;s Gold Rush area, in the foothills and mountains east of Sacramento. Mr. Pierson was a co-sponsor of Proposition 36 on last November&#8217;s ballot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vern Pierson, District Attorney of El Dorado County,* California, has this op-ed with the above title in Cal Matters. California\u2019s drug crisis has only escalated, with so-called \u201ccompassionate solutions\u201d like harm reduction and past policies that decriminalized hard drugs making things worse. \u00a0*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 * Normalizing addiction is neither compassionate nor effective \u2014 it\u2019s destructive. California must ensure the success of Prop. 36. Alongside drug courts and prevention-focused public education, this new law can address the root causes of addiction and homelessness, offering people a chance at recovery and stability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drugs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Californians Made it Clear They Want a Different Approach to Addiction and Homelessness - Crime &amp; Consequences<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=11143\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Californians Made it Clear They Want a Different Approach to Addiction and Homelessness - Crime &amp; Consequences\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Vern Pierson, District Attorney of El Dorado County,* California, has this op-ed with the above title in Cal Matters. 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