I wonder if a similar thing is happening in California. The combination of Prop 47 making drug offenses so minor that police don’t bother enforcing them, and cheap and ubiquitous fentanyl have made it so I literally can’t walk down my street in San Francisco without seeing either needles on the ground or full on in someone’s arm or ass. I’ve seen police tell them to stop but then just drive away.
It’s a tricky one of course, since I would never advocate throwing addicts in jail, but the current system sure isn’t working and is making California and especially San Francsico a global laughing stock. I was just in France and literally every time someone mentioned SF they’d talk about the poop and homeless camps, and they’re certainly not wrong.
