European cities (Amsterdam, Lisbon, Vienna, Zurich) that banned public camping and open-air drug dealing, while providing methadone or Suboxone replacement therapy and mandatory treatment, successfully reduced chronic street homelessness across different political ideologies—conservative tough-love advocates and liberal harm-reduction supporters both converged on this model.
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Michael SchellenbergerEvidence Quote
“basically the same in every country which is that there is a political argument between what we might call liberals and conservatives...and they all finally decide that they're not going to allow people to Camp outside and use drugs publicly”
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