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Radical Democratic policies ‘corrupting rehabilitation’ are an ‘abomination’: Shellenberger
Creator Michael Shellenberger blasted a radical left resolution to mitigating drug abuse and dependancy by means of locations such because the San Francisco Linkage Heart, which he stated permits customers to shoot up in a managed atmosphere, on “Tucker Carlson Tonight” Tuesday.
“How will you say you care about folks should you assist them shoot heroin?,” host Tucker Carlson requested.
An individual holds a syringe they are saying accommodates successful of heroin as they sit on the sidewalk within the Tenderloin district on June 13, 2018, in San Francisco, Calif.
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Shellenberger replied, “[The] linkage middle that’s aimed toward linking homeless drug addicts to rehab clinics [has] now been utterly perverted. They’ve opened a middle the place actually metropolis contractors are overseeing younger folks smoking meth and fentanyl … It’s actually fairly disappointing.”
On the time the Linkage Heart opened, Democratic San Francisco Mayor London Breed stated it will “create an area for people who find themselves fighting dependancy and different challenges to get rapid help, after which transition into longer-term care and housing.”
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Man holds a bit of foil containing Fentanyl within the Tenderloin district of San Francisco, Calif. June 21, 2019.
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“I really defended Mayor Breed … for promising a crackdown again in December. The entire thing is now in shambles. It’s a humiliation to San Francisco,” Shellenberger stated.
“They’re normalizing drug use. And by the best way, they’re justifying this by pointing to … Europe,” he stated.
Shellenberger interviewed coverage specialists in Europe who indicated the novel left method to drug remedy within the U.S. was not a mirrored image of Europe’s method.
Homeless folks within the Tenderloin district on October 30, 2021.
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“It’s actually an abomination … I’m form of nonetheless shocked by it. They’re making an attempt to normalize this. They’re making an attempt to make it appear okay for folks to simply freely smoke among the most harmful medicine, the medicine which can be killing two folks in San Francisco per day.”
“They’re corrupting rehabilitation,” he concluded.
Supply: Fox Information
