Mayor Lurie’s drug crackdown sends S.F. arrests soaring. Dealer cases aren’t driving the surge

Idiocy is skyrocketing in SF: "Of 1,700 non-sale drug arrests and citations so far this year, 68% involved only possession of drug paraphernalia. Simply holding a meth pipe is enough to detain someone." Aside from the cruelty of this, what an enormous waste of tax payer dollars.

I live on the edge of San Francisco's Tenderloin and I really appreciate Major Lurie's approach. People doing and selling drugs in public is no longer tolerated. We have a right to clean and safe streets in the city. Thank you Mayor Lurie. www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/d...