Ak, I can't 'Like' or 'Dislike' your comment, as although parts of it I feel are truthful, the situation is out of control and something needs to be done. So I'll say this: With current policies, there is NO deterrent, NO consequences anyway. This is a Triage issue, and if 'locking up' the methheads and heroin junkies will knock down the crime rate, so be it. The animal who killed Gregory Gill was a junkie, supposedly high on meth, and he was out on bond when he decided to gun down a good man who had done him no harm. it appears 'better programs' aren't available at this time, and prison IS. I'd rather stuff the junkies in the hole than have my friends or family die because they need their 'fix' and APD stands idly by while they start at the bottom, with shoplifting, burglary, theft, robbery, breaking and entering, and graduating to Murder.

Quite frankly, to Hell with more 'studies'. We know the problem, we need a better solution, yes. In the meantime, get them off the streets.