Solutions to this opioid problem will be difficult, as it constitutes prescription drugs and heroin and they have very addictive properties. Sending violators to jail for longer sentences will not help decrease the problem in San Diego. There will need to be heavy rehabilitation and programs to rid those who are already addicted to opioids, in particular women, as the statistics show they were more vulnerable in San Diego in the past year. Rehabilitation for opiates will require community working with the police, and long-term treatment supporting both females and males in San Diego, including education on abuse of pills. I will focus of preventable care of decreasing the usage of opioids in the San Diego area, and will focus more on women issues.
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The focus for this reform policy will be women, and their part in opioid addiction. In the San Dag website it gives the statistics that of those who were arrested while intoxicated on opiates were 15% white, and arrestees were also most likely to be under the age of 25 and almost twice as likely to be a women ( ). The only number it does not give is income, nonetheless, the most likely victim of committing crime while high on opiates in San Diego statistically is a young white woman. Policy in this case has to start at an early age as young people start opiate addiction young. It should be in predominantly white neighborhoods, which constitutes more affluent communities. Stopping the spread of opiate crime is not going to be like crack or meth, as more affluent communities will not allow that level of patrolling, so just increasing the amount of enforcement is not a viable option. There needs to also be a strong focus on abuse prescription pills as that is a prime suspect of opiate addiction and
The focus for this reform policy will be women, and their part in opioid addiction. In the San Dag website it gives the statistics that of those who were arrested while intoxicated on opiates were 15% white, and arrestees were also most likely to be under the age of 25 and almost twice as likely to be a women ( ). The only number it does not give is income, nonetheless, the most likely victim of committing crime while high on opiates in San Diego statistically is a young white woman. Policy in this case has to start at an early age as young people start opiate addiction young. It should be in predominantly white neighborhoods, which constitutes more affluent communities. Stopping the spread of opiate crime is not going to be like crack or meth, as more affluent communities will not allow that level of patrolling, so just increasing the amount of enforcement is not a viable option. There needs to also be a strong focus on abuse prescription pills as that is a prime suspect of opiate addiction and