Our Plan to Fight Fentanyl is Officially Endorsed by the SF Democratic Party
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Hi John,
Thousands of San Franciscans have died of overdoses on our streets. Family members, loved ones, neighbors.
What we're doing today is insufficient. We need new approaches to address our fentanyl crisis.
That's why I've been advocating for a Drug Market Intervention strategy, an approach now endorsed — unanimously — by the San Francisco Democratic Party.
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The Drug Market Intervention approach was invented by Professor David Kennedy, and implemented during the Obama Administration.
It's comprehensive three-point, community-based plan to address drug-related issues that have plagued our most vulnerable communities in San Francisco through a combination of deterrence and prevention.
If implemented, DMI will ensure fully staffed police departments to arrest fentanyl dealers and incapacitate the market, provide off-ramps for local low-level offenders to deter the market, and would increase beat patrols to prevent future markets from emerging.
This plan has worked to end opioid markets in North Carolina and Tennessee. It's being piloted in Philadelphia. And it can work in San Francisco as well.
Watch the explanation here.
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Sincerely,
Bilal Mahmood
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