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Re:The Horrifying Epidemic of Teen-Age Fentanyl Deaths in a ... by jibe on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @10:51PM (#35367282)
California has been at the vanguard of reducing prison population, and decriminalizing drug use, and so far the results look disastrous. That’s not a policy that needs any confusion to be unappealing.
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Re:The Horrifying Epidemic of Teen-Age Fentanyl Deaths in a ... by paulryanrogers on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @11:36PM (#35367597)
Is it a disaster throughout the state or only in some metros?
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Re:The Horrifying Epidemic of Teen-Age Fentanyl Deaths in a ... by throwayyy479087 on Thursday March 30, 2023 @04:13PM (#35378254)
I've heard San Diego is more or less totally normal. SF is a fucking disaster.
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Re:The Horrifying Epidemic of Teen-Age Fentanyl Deaths in a ... by lostlogin on Thursday March 30, 2023 @12:23AM (#35367949)
Aren't other states exporting those they don't want to California?
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Re:The Horrifying Epidemic of Teen-Age Fentanyl Deaths in a ... by seanmcdirmid on Thursday March 30, 2023 @12:33AM (#35368009)
People are mobile. They go where they need to be to survive. Texan prisons will give you an open bus ticket on discharge, people head west for services, charity, and a better chance of not going back to prison.
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Re:The Horrifying Epidemic of Teen-Age Fentanyl Deaths in a ... by Scoundreller on Thursday March 30, 2023 @03:13AM (#35369171)
> a better chance of not going back to prison

but mostly a better chance of not going back to the sending state's prison.

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Re:The Horrifying Epidemic of Teen-Age Fentanyl Deaths in a ... by andsoitis on Thursday March 30, 2023 @05:07AM (#35369947)
> California has been at the vanguard of reducing prison population

California’s prison population has been stable since 2017.

13 of 35 state-owned facilities operate beyond capacity.

Source: https://www.ppic.org/publication/californias-prison-populati...

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