San Francisco ties welfare to drug-screening, boosts police powers in stunning tough-on-crime shift - eviltoast
  • nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.org
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    8 months ago

    What would you say the proven tactics are that we could apply here, and where have they been proven?

    Based upon the rat city experiments, improve quality of life, reduce stress, and increase social connection. All of which can be addressed by taking on wealth inequality and financial instability as well as reducing the average hours of work needed to afford necessities for living (or better, remove the requirement). Drug addiction is largely caused by the circumstances surrounding poverty and other high-stress situations.