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DEA Launches Crack Down on San Francisco Fentanyl Dealing

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San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins says that her office has filed 300 motions to detain suspected drug dealers in jail while their case is open. The DA says only 30 of those were granted by local judges. Charging these suspected dealers with federal crimes keeps them in jail and pushes the cases forward right away.

Why does this feel like the federal government is having to step in to do the job of what should be the local police and prosecutors office?

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/san-jose-police-union-e...

The police are on the case..

Seems like a good idea to me. It's upsetting to me to see life-crippling drugs like fentanyl consumed in public areas.

Surely it's not a coincidence that Biden will host a diplomatic event there with Xi Jinping next month [1]? After that I'm sure it's right back to the misery and despair.

[1] https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-and-xi-will-me...

Lol. Maybe they'll have their first success in their drug war when they eliminate drugs in the Tenderloin! My advice would be to start somewhere smaller.

> authorities have seized nearly 50 kilos of fentanyl and 12 kilos of meth off of Tenderloin streets

Irrelevant stat. They could seize a billion kilos – but are the drugs still available? Yes. The war on drugs is impotent.

> So if you think you're going to outlast us, you're wrong. If you think you're going to adapt and outsmart us, you're wrong.

They're right. Never, ever, will the human desire for drugs be extinguished. And coupled with a little business acumen, the DEA will be outlasted and outsmarted.

None of that is to suggest I want fentanyl around. I've had one friend die from it and another is a user – anytime I hear from his mother or brother my heart drops, fearing the worst.

But the war on drugs is a comical failure.

The Onion – Drugs Win Drug War:

https://brianhenryie.s3.amazonaws.com/2023/onion-drugs.pdf?X...

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