Bunnymomofmany t1_j72mbua wrote
Reply to comment by espressocycle in Mayoral Candidate Rebecca Rhynhart lays out plan of attack for opioid crisis from Kensington by ColdJay64
Kensington has been Kensington as long back as I can remember in Philly, when I moved there in the 80s. Yes it’s gotten horrifically worse. But It was awful as long ago as say 2000. And you hit the nail on the head, neither side is willing to concede to do what must be done, and therefore never will be done.
That and it will take an army deployment to clean this up now, and noooooobldy wants to go There.
jersey_girl660 t1_j789hkg wrote
An army deployment won’t work. Those of us who work with the community or have been a part of the community know what works (evidence based treatment) but nobody wants to actually do that because of stigma. Easier to just pretend the police and courts can make this right when we don’t even have enough treatment beds for those who want treatment.
espressocycle t1_j7vwgfk wrote
Operation Sunshine et al helped though. They improved the situation but they were unsustainable long term.
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