… you know, opioid addiction, what is your approach when it comes to folks who have substance abuse disorder or opioid use disorder and find themselves entangled in the justice system? We've tried the other approach of prosecution first for four to five decades and the crisis is worse. So the first thing you do when you're digging yourself a hole is stop digging. To me, we've got to make sure that people that have addictions are getting treatment first. (20:20–20:27)
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Asserts that prosecution-first approaches to drug addiction have failed over the past 40-50 years.
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