San Francisco ties welfare to drug-screening, boosts police powers in stunning tough-on-crime shift - eviltoast
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    8 months ago

    From the article:

    Breed’s office has said the measure was intentionally designed to be flexible on the treatment component. Treatment options could range from out-patient services to a prescription for buprenorphine, a medication used to treat addiction. They noted it doesn’t include a requirement for participants to remain sober, recognizing that people often lapse in recovery and shouldn’t be kicked out of the program for a slip-up.