{"id":1611298,"date":"2022-08-17T17:47:44","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T21:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1611298"},"modified":"2022-08-17T17:47:46","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T21:47:46","slug":"im-for-decriminalizing-across-the-board-john-fetterman-has-repeatedly-nodded-to-woke-drug-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/im-for-decriminalizing-across-the-board-john-fetterman-has-repeatedly-nodded-to-woke-drug-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019m For Decriminalizing Across The Board\u2019: John Fetterman Has Repeatedly Nodded To Woke Drug Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fim-for-decriminalizing-across-the-board-john-fetterman-has-repeatedly-nodded-to-woke-drug-policy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1611298&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/pennsylvania\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pennsylvania<\/a> Lt. Governor and Democratic Senate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/2022-midterms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nominee<\/a> John Fetterman has repeatedly expressed openness toward controlled injection sites and other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/drugs\">drug<\/a> decriminalization policies.<\/p>\n<p>As drug overdoses have surged over the past decade, many cities \u2014 including Philadelphia, San Francisco, New York City, and Seattle \u2014 have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/new-york-city-opens-supervised-injection-sites-where-people-can-use-illegal-drugs\">opened<\/a> locations at which individuals can use illegal drugs in a supervised environment such that overdose deaths are minimized. Nearly 92,000 Americans died from drug-involved overdoses in 2020, according to data from the <a href=\"https:\/\/nida.nih.gov\/research-topics\/trends-statistics\/overdose-death-rates\">National Institutes of Health<\/a>, marking an increase from nearly 71,000 deaths in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Yet evidence does not necessarily support the argument that injection sites meaningfully discourage drug use. In an analysis of one study, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hudson.org\/research\/16292-the-dangerous-illusion-of-safe-drug-injection-sites\">Hudson Institute<\/a> senior fellow David Murray noted that \u201cparticipation in facility services did not reduce either the number of injections, nor the number of overdose events, over time,\u201d implying that the sites \u201cmay actually lessen the incentive for participants to enter treatment and recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman, who is running against Republican rival and celebrity cardiologist Dr. Mehmet Oz in one of the nation\u2019s most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/pennsylvanias-senate-campaign-degrades-to-a-meme-war\">heated<\/a> Senate races, nevertheless has a long history of supporting injection sites.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s important that we as a society get in front of it,\u201d Fetterman said of the drug crisis in a 2018 podcast interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=deThxim1yD4\">Aaron Watson<\/a>. \u201cI think it\u2019s important that we as a society have all the options on the table \u2014 including needle exchange, which is only technically legal in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh \u2014 and even safe injection sites that are being considered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response to a 2020 tweet from the office of Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner \u2014 who is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/democrats-and-republicans-join-forces-to-investigate-philadelphias-woke-district-attorney\">backed<\/a> by leftist billionaire George Soros \u2014 arguing that \u201charm reduction strategies like overdose prevention sites\u201d have \u201cno negative impact on drug use or crime\u201d while providing a \u201cpositive impact on quality of life for residents,\u201d Fetterman <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnFetterman\/status\/1229165225158545408\">commented<\/a> that \u201charm reduction, reduces harm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many Democratic lawmakers have similarly pushed for the decriminalization of hard drugs. Voters in the state of Oregon, for example, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/best-states\/articles\/2020-12-10\/oregon-just-decriminalized-all-drugs-heres-why-voters-passed-this-groundbreaking-reform\">approved<\/a> a ballot initiative in 2020 that eliminated criminal penalties for heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine possession.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m pro legalizing marijuana, but I go even further than some of my colleagues because I\u2019m for decriminalizing across the board,\u201d Fetterman affirmed in a 2015 interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/archive\/this-tattooed-head-shaven-straight-talking-mayor-wants-to-be-the-next-senator-from-pennsylvania\/\">The Nation<\/a>. \u201cI see it as a public-health issue, not a criminal issue. I\u2019ve seen first hand for the last 14 years the effects it has on families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman\u2019s wife, Gisele Barreto Fetterman \u2014 a nonprofit executive who has been active in her husband\u2019s campaign \u2014 likewise <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/giselefetterman\/status\/1234826776477675520\">said<\/a> in 2020 that she would \u201centhusiastically\u201d welcome injection sites in her \u201cbackyard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCollective fear will only ensure we continue down this path. Shouldn\u2019t the preservation of human life override all else?\u00a0 If we as a society are truly committed to saving lives, shouldn\u2019t we try all our options?\u201d she argued. \u201cThis isn\u2019t an outrageous idea. No overdose deaths have been reported at any of the more than 120 supervised consumption sites worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adopting a similar policy toward drug enforcement, President Joe Biden\u2019s Department of Health and Human Services planned to implement a $30 million grant program earlier this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pennsylvania Lt. Governor and Democratic Senate nominee John Fetterman has repeatedly expressed openness toward controlled injection sites and other drug decriminalization policies. As drug overdoses have surged over the past decade, many cities \u2014 including Philadelphia, San Francisco, New York City, and Seattle \u2014 have opened locations at which individuals can use illegal drugs in &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1542106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1611298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1611298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1611298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1611298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1542106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1611298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1611298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1611298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}