#Crime Reduction

[enbygonkbrain]

If you have everything you NEED and no one is fighting you for resources... What will you do with your life?

Ideally go learn to actually be happy and not perform the human dance the way you think a human is supposed to

[inkskinned]

as we enter the start of a semester and the dreaded Hour of Making Friends us upon us... if ur ever at a loss for what to say in one of those weird social situations where you only vaguely-know people, one of my favorite questions to ask is "what is your favorite food crime." a food crime is like the food combination that you love that other people find revolting. press them to take it further than pineapple on pizza, that's rote. food crimes is a good topic that has many benefits as it turns out all people are degenerates and also it will give you some cool ideas to try out later in the privacy of your own degenerate kitchen

the other good thing to ask is "okay but has anyone here ever been someplace haunted" bc it turns out if you ask most people directly they don't believe in ghosts, but many people are like "oh yeah i lived in a haunted house. ghosts aren't real tho"

[allthecanadianpolitics]

The federal government has denied Toronto's request to decriminalize simple possession of small amounts of drugs for personal use, saying it "does not adequately protect public health and maintain public safety."

"This includes concerns with feasibility and ability for law enforcement to implement the proposed model, protection of youth, and lack of support from key players including the Province of Ontario," Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Ya'ara Saks said in a statement released Friday afternoon.

Ottawa's decision came a day after the Ontario government urged the city to drop the request, which it called "misguided" and "disastrous." [...]

Toronto's drug decriminalization request returned to the spotlight after British Columbia's request to recriminalize the use of select drugs in many public spaces following problems which arose from an exemption order previously granted to the province.

Dr. de Villa, in a statement Friday evening, said now that decriminalization, which she called as just one "evidence-informed policy tool", was no longer an option, "the need to invest in other available evidence-based interventions is all the more critical." [...]

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Tagging: @newsfromstolenland, @vague-humanoid

[hussyknee]

You know what the worst fucking thing about liberal rhetoric is? Using "harm reduction", a term that refers to health policies offering safe options and alternatives for drug users instead of punitive control, to rationalize re-endorsing back into power a regime that is still overseeing one of the worst human atrocities of the 21st century.

[lesbiankermitposting]

an idea is forming where. in the alternate reality where jason doesn't die from the joker, instead of still becoming the Red Hood or some sort of other killer, he swings so wildly in the opposite direction that he still ends up morally opposed to batman, but this time in the Leslie Thompkins realm of radical anarcho-pacifist. jason still blames batman for what happens, but instead of trying to kill the joker he berates him for not SAVING the joker, and therefore not saving him. if batman hadn't become a vigilante maybe there would have been no joker etc etc. maybe if there had been more options for jason's father he would not have worked for two-face. Leslie has always been opposed to Batman because of her pacifism, and because she doesn't believe his methods actually work. that's why she helps everyone regardless of the crimes they've committed. something something jason realizes he was stuck in a cycle of violence -- from his father working for two-face to batman using force as part of his crime prevention -- and decides to remove himself completely.

[gwemmieee]

Hey, have you ever examined the deep fear, paranoia, and shame you feel whenever you try to examine or voice something you feel deep down that you're worried someone else might take issue with? Don't you feel bad about all the subtle ways it renders you less able to know yourself, love yourself, express yourself, and advocate for yourself? If you're thinking about all that social anxiety horror that Super Eye Patch Wolf just talked about, and if you're so utterly afraid of standing out or going against the crowd--this is related to that.

It's probably because you think it's good to call someone out before it's proven that they are knowingly and willfully causing harm. It's probably because you think people should be punished if they harm someone period, even if it was by accident or without knowing. Even if it might have just been a misunderstanding and no real harm done was anyone's fault. And it's only fair that the same standard applies to you as well, isn't it?

It's probably because you've internalized that your value as a human being deserving of love and community can be reduced or eliminated if you say something wrong enough loudly enough. It's probably because, even if you do not ascribe to thought crime, and you agree that we should not demonize ourselves or each other for our own thoughts and feelings as long as we put in the work to be good with our actions, you tripped at the finish line when you forgot about the basic fact of human psychology that we can't translate negative thoughts into positive action without being able to speak about it openly in a space where others will truly understand how we feel, and not just skip straight to the part where feeling that way is already cringe before you've actually fully internalized your own growth past it.

It's probably because you have privilege as someone who has ever had access to real friends/family who stand by you no matter what heinous shit you say or do, and that privilege has enabled you to learn a lot very quickly about how to appear as a good person in society, because those friends/family allowed you to actually feel supported as a human being with feelings before you knew better, which is a hard prerequisite to ever knowing better, and you have not examined that privilege.

It's probably because you think you can sniff out who's good or bad just on vibes and act as judge, jury, and executioner, instead of focusing on harm reduction for anyone who you know was hurt and learning some hard realities about human interaction. For example, being ignorant is not the same as acting on that ignorance. Voicing ignorance without aggression and then being willing to learn something is actually a good thing for others to view in public, because it teaches valuable lessons to everyone paying attention, and anyone who feels validated and empowered to be shitty from such an exchange was just looking for an excuse.

I think this knowledge is something that we feminists should stand for. Anti-militancy. I know it's hard to tell here on this gremlin-ass modern internet for many of us due to circumstances beyond our control, but when you actually go outside and have friends IRL, you'll notice that feminine people out there already understand most of this.

Remember when we used to talk about being tolerant of everything except intolerance? Well, this is part of that. You're not supposed to dehumanize someone and ignore their feelings just for sounding racist one time. You're supposed to try to educate them or, failing that, practice harm reduction (which can escalate into a callout if they're truly a bad actor). Punching nazis is for when you literally fucking know that someone is willfully being harmful (perhaps because they're platforming hate). Most of them don't just cosplay as nazis in easy ways to pick out. That's why fascists are so insidious and good at infiltrating spaces. Each of us has a desperate hope that I am the one, it's me, I can be able to know at a glance who is good or bad, without taking the time and effort to get to know them first. And they prey on that. They use that to make us fight each other instead of them.

"Oh, but Gwemmie, does this mean you're defending X or Y person?" I dunno, how does their situation compare to what I just said? This post was inspired by the many times I have been dogpiled and ostracized for openly using language in autistic ways that have been confused for bigotries or insensitivities that just weren't in my speech or my thoughts (usually because those doing the dogpiling put words in my mouth, didn't parse a sentence correctly, or just decided to be ableist and go off vibes instead of what I very openly say). If you come in here thinking I'm making this post to subtweet about anyone else, you're part of the problem.

[snzical]

you people don’t even know what a hard line is anymore

[humberg]

Vincent's fighting style

I'm back playing my second run through of PL, and something occurred to me. I'm not sure if I've just missed these types of posts before, but I don't think our oc's fighting style is often talked about.

For my Vincent, he is hands on act first think later. His survival instinct will kick in and he will reach for his nearest weapon. He doesn't rely on netrunning, life on the streets growing up taught him to respond physically. Many keen eyes will also notice that Vincent's choice of weapon is Kerry's Archangel. Vincent brought Kerry out of the shadows, Kerry is returning the favour by fighting at his side.

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Yeah, thought this would be really cool to share with you all! :3 Please excuse my random pauses and terrible shooting, it's been a while since I properly played and my head kept turning to mush 😂 obviously there is spoilers to PL so I will tag accordingly <3

[jamesgierach]

DEA 2024 NATIONAL DRUG THREAT ASSESSMENT MISSES THE BOAT

by James E. Gierach

The recently released National Drug Threat Assessment misses the boat. The report says:

“DEA’s top priority is reducing the supply of deadly drugs in our country and defeating the two cartels responsible for the vast majority of drug trafficking in the United States. The drug poisoning crisis remains a public safety, public health, and national security issue, which requires a new approach.

“The shift from plant-based drugs, like heroin and cocaine, to synthetic, chemical-based drugs, like fentanyl and methamphetamine, has resulted in the most dangerous and deadly drug crisis the United States has ever faced,” said DEA Administrator Anne Milgram. “At the heart of the synthetic drug crisis are the Sinaloa and Jalisco cartels and their associates, who DEA is tracking world-wide. The suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, and money launderers all play a role in the web of deliberate and calculated treachery orchestrated by these cartels. DEA will continue to use all available resources to target these networks and save American lives.”

DEA “TOP PRIORITY”: Reduce drug supply?

Has the DEA and its leadership learned nothing over the 63 years of America’s War on Drugs? Has it not learned that whatever the drug (cannabis, heroin, crack cocaine, LSD, PCP, ecstasy, meth or fentanyl) DRUG PROHIBITION IS A BOON TO DRUG PRODUCTION, INVENTION, TRAFFICKING, ADDICTION, OVERDOSE, DEATH, ORGANIZED CRIME and VIOLENCE.

The supply-side tactics of interdiction, surveillance, crop-spraying, border-policing, undercover detective work and confidential-informant buying DO NOT REDUCE SUPPLY.

Drug prohibition is like Rumpelstiltskin Magic that guarantees more drugs, uncontrolled and unregulated, everywhere. See “The Silver Bullet Solution: Is it time to end the War on Drugs?” (Guadium, 2023) by James E. Gierach.

The DEA is right about one thing: more drugs (more drugs appearing based upon its insistence on the prohibition of drugs) increases the risk to “public safety, public health, and national security.”

Unfortunately, and equally obviously, the DEA does not know what to do about it. Drug poisoning from drug prohibition requires a “new approach.” How about legalized drugs, regulated markets, government inspection, dealer licensing, fixed places of business, regulated hours and health warnings. Recall how poisoning and crime from unregulated alcohol was stopped with legalized alcohol markets, not more unwanted, unworkable Prohibition.

Today, a century later: Same societal prohibition sickness; same societal fix. LEGALIZE DRUGS.

Second “DEA OVERSIGHT”: More of the same (continued prohibition) from the DEA will not help.

The DEA thrives on its drug-prohibition mandate. It plays Drug War, Monopoly Money and Cops and Robbers with the Sinaloa and Jalisco drug cartels. The result is more new synthetic drugs that DEA agents ever dreamed when plant-drugs were the prohibited enemy.

The 2018 Shadow Report (Marie Nougier, “A Taking Stock: a Decade of Drug Policy, a Civil Society Shadow Report,” International Drug Policy Consortium, 2018, p. 27, http://fileserver.idpc.net/library/Shadow_Report_FINAL_ENGLISH.pdf) is a study basically asking, “What has the World War on Drugs done for us lately?” The report was prepared by the well-respected International Drug Policy Consortium using United Nations drug use and drug-invention statistics.

The Shadow Report noted that during the preceding ten-year period analyzed, drug cartels had invented 803 new synthetic drugs. It’s fair to say, drug prohibition policy never before ever produced more new mind-altering, synthetic drugs in any previous ten-year historical period of human life. Again, “The Silver Bullet Solution:…”supra, explains how and why drug prohibition, New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller’s mandatory-minimum, drug-sentencing laws and constitutional ex post facto laws converged to create an unexpected and unintended deluge of new synthetic drugs.

It’s 2024. Time to end the lost War on Drugs. Half-measures (legalized beer, legalized marijuana, or Oregon-styled drug decriminalization) will only further delay what society needs: full-dose, LEGALIZED, REGULATED and CONTROLLED DRUGS.

Let the DEA pack up and go home. Let DEA agents, and other federal and state law enforcement agents and officers, keep their drug-war winnings and drug-policing pensions, a significant part of America’s trillion-dollar drug-war spending. But let society out from under the worst public in the history of mankind—DRUG PROHIBITION, common denominator to a dozen crises and problems: “Violence, Gangs, Guns, Drugs, Policing, Mass Incarceration, Racism, Immigration, Human Rights, Healthcare, AIDS, and Corruption.” (“The Silver Bullet Solution:…,” supra.)

Palos Park, Illinois

May 9, 2024

[bitter-sweet-coffee]

putting wavouge on the same list as espilver, aka “i don’t trust the fandom to do this properly so if you make any content of it whatsoever i am fagblasting away from you so hard”

[conspiciouslytransgender]

On the Nature of Society and Crime

The nature of civilization and society is the belief that there are extenuating circumstances and that one commits crimes not because they want to hurt others, but rather because they want to help themselves. The mandate of societies everywhere since the dawn of humanity is to address systemic societal problems and meet the needs of its citizens. People need more mental healthcare, they need better wages, they need equal distribution of wealth. There needs to be harm reduction, we need to quit throwing addicts in jails and put them in psychiatric care. We need to decriminalize drugs immediately. We need to decriminalize prostitution. We need to get rid of mandatory minimums. We need to address that while white people commit crimes at the same rate as black people, blacks are disproportionately more likely to be arrested for crimes. We need to stop throwing petty thieves into jail and start asking ourselves why they stole in the first place. As long as there are millionaires and billionaires in the US, people to gain by keeping the lower class in jail and submissive to the economic and bureaucratic gears of this country, there will be needy, have-nots people, and there will be crimes. The insane wealth inequality, the harsh sentencing laws, and the criminalization of certain actions or substances, all of it contributes massively towards crimes of wants and needs. Labor is entitled to all it creates. By distributing the spoils equally, we all have the world to gain and nothing to lose.

[dangerliesbeforeyou]

dont mind me, complaining again lol

but i find it really frustrating that when a celeb is revealed to be abusive or just generally a gross person, there's always a group of people who are like 'oh i aLWAYS thought they were weird' or 'oh i NEVER liked them!' and it's just.... so unhelpful lol?

for me it just perpetuates the idea that abusers/groomers/etc are 'easy to spot' or that there are always signs, and especially for the victims, i feel like it's rubbing it in their face that they didn't spot those signs! the fact is, a lot of people that commit heinous acts /aren't/ easy to spot, which is why they can often get away with it for so long! (also, literally EVERYONE is capable of committing heinous acts!! abusers, murderers, rapists, etc aren't some special breed of person)

like it's true that there are sometimes warning signs, but rather than being like 'oh of COURSE that person is bad' i'd prefer if people said 'these are things i noticed in their past behaviour that made me dislike them' or something similar where it can actually be part of a more useful conversation!

basically i just want people to stop acting holier-than-thou about stuff please lol

[highdensityrabbitsituation]

Imagine your roommate and friend of twenty years takes you out to dinner and tells you that when you purchased a video game it was a hate crime against them and they'll be moving out in September. And then somehow you have to live with this person for seven more months

[philipssalt600]

Youth Crime Reduction Programs

At JT Academy, we are committed to building safer communities through proactive Youth Crime Reduction Programs. By addressing the root causes of youth involvement in crime, we offer educational workshops, mentorship, and skill-building activities that focus on positive decision-making, conflict resolution, and career readiness. https://jtacademy.com.au/jtprograms/jtyougotthis/

[jamesgierach]

“WAR ON DRUGS”

Survey

by James E. Gierach and James Brauer

Directions: Answer “Agree”, “Disagree”, or “I don’t know” to each question below.

I think the War on Drugs has led to less illegal drug production.

I think the War on Drugs has led to less illegal drug availability.

I think the War on Drugs has led to less illegal drug use.

I think the War on Drugs has led to less violence.

I think the War on Drugs has led to fewer drug overdoses and deaths.

I think the War on Drugs has been a success.

I think the “Treaty” (see Background below) should be repealed.

I think the Leader of my country should call for the repeal of the Treaty in Vienna?

Background:

By signing the United Nations 1961 “Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs” (“the Treaty”), the US agreed to “adopt such measures as will ensure that cultivation, production,…possession,... shall be punishable offences… and… when abusers of drugs have committed such offences… (in addition to or instead of )... conviction or punishment… (the US) may provide… treatment, education, after-care, rehabilitation and social reintegration…”

The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs will meet in Vienna in March, 2025 where National Leaders may call for the repeal of “The Treaty.”