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The second barrier, also huge, is that our law enforcement industry (and that’s exactly what it is) is far more punitive, violent, and reactive than those in Canada and Australia. The question isn’t whether these centers will save lives in the US. They will—and I don’t think anyone doubts that.
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Tara Haelle
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The question is more about cultural and economic barriers and issues, and whether it’s possible to persuade the political powers that be that these lives are worth saving. This is the country that declared a “war on drugs” in the 80s, and that mindset remains strongly ingrained here.
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