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Our Response to Barocas “Study”: Do Sweeps Kill

"Sweeps kill!" exclaimed a chorus of homelessness activists in response to a new study published in early May 2023 by the Journal of the American Medical Association. The paper concluded that encampment sweeps, or cleanups, in the language preferred by Denver city officials, "decrease life expectancy" of unhoused individuals who inject drugs.

But does the paper prove that sweeps kill? ….

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Alberta Model: Hope for Denver's Homeless Addicts?

We believe the Alberta Model would also benefit Denver. The current system is failing everyone, with addicts left to die on the street without treatment and residents forced to deal with the filth of encampments.
Reality beats ideology in battling addiction - Salazar

Denver should reject drug treatment policies that are exclusively focused on “harm reduction” and maintain prohibitions on open illicit drug use.
Shellenberger: How Progressives Threaten Cities

Shellenberger believes that urban problems such as homelessness and drug dealing aren't primarily from a lack of housing, money for social programs or other "root causes."
Chaos at Portland's Newest SOS Site

They shared home security video showing who they call "known drug dealers" openly selling on the curb right outside their homes in the middle of the day.
Tom Wolf Visits Denver - CBS Article

To save Denver from homeless encampments taking over the entire city, Tom Wolf says that Denver needs to pivot to more pragmatic solutions.
Telegraph Shellenberger Interview

Much of San Francisco looks like a slum. Homelessness is rampant. Drug use is soaring and violent crime continues to rise. Find out why.
California Insider Interview with Tom Wolf

Tom Wolf talks about the rampant drug dealing among the homeless encampments and how to help the people living on the street break free from addiction and go back to normal life.
The New Meth - P2P Meth

"Tents themselves seem to play a role in this phenomenon…With a tent, the user can retreat not just mentally from the world but physically. Encampments provide a community for users,
Repeat Offenses Driving Car Thefts in Denver

97% of the people who have been arrested in the last three years for auto theft have multiple arrests for auto theft.

Housing First and Harm Reduction News

Overdose Deaths at Fusion Studios in Denver

People in my building, Fusion Studios, die of overdose rather regularly. Word on the street is that they’re dying in other communities for the formerly unhoused, too.
Portland Pauses on Plan to Distribute Tin Foil & Straw for Fentanyl Users

A plan by Oregon’s largest county to distribute tin foil and straws for fentanyl users and glass pipes for methamphetamine and crack users has been halted after opposition from Portland’s mayor and other officials.
Drugs "rampant" in Denver Homeless Housing

“The use and sale of illegal drugs is rampant in Denver homeless housing. It jeopardizes people who became sober while in jail or the state mental hospital.
Decriminalization Kills

The decriminalization of fentanyl <4grams in 2019 was intended as a way to expand freedom without harming people; however, it actually resulted hundreds of lost lives. This 4gram limit specified by House Bill 19-1263 contains enough fentanyl to kill between 2,000 and 5,741 people.
SOS Camps Enable Crime & Addiction

The SOS camps, run by Colorado Village Collaborative, look great on paper but they are not what they seem.
Chaos in Portland's Housing First - $28M Building

“Tenants let homeless friends in from the street who shoot up in the stairways, sleep on couches in common areas, smoke fentanyl in the elevators, and vandalize plumbing. They pound and pry at residents’ doors. People defecate in the stairways…”

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