We need to talk about this more because police reform could happen naturally if we stopped the war on drugs. This is what defunding the police could mean and many would accept it. Alternatives to incarceration could certainly be offered. https://twitter.com/TheDailyShroom/status/1295111610223255553

In other words, funds used to police drug use would simply be shifted to treatment and/or harm reduction. Brian Earp @briandavidearp had a good thread on this. See downthread for his longer explanation. https://twitter.com/briandavidearp/status/1273720658053271561

Once, I was chatting with a police officer about drug abusers. I asked a question about the frequency of arrests. He said he would be out of a job is drugs were legal. He was not being totally serious--but sort of serious.