Might have a different point of view. The nice thing about this program is we are going to have a job. The police are going to arrest these. The attorneys are going to prosecute their cases and the public defenders is going to defend their client and everybody gets to do their job. They are going to do it legally, ethically, but we ask more that they do it morally. So, if im walking down the street and im pulling my dogs chain or i leave my dog outside in the cold and i dont feed it and it has Health Problems or i kick it and make fun of it and treat it harshly, you can arrest me. But i can do that to a person and you think its okay. I dont think its okay. Jeff got me on the phone and said i want to know more about the program and i talked to him and said this is how it works and he said whats the biggest barrier . I said we have trouble making people understand how to better treat their clients. Im a huge fan and knowing what we need to do is to make sure those people that need help g
View. The nice thing about this program is we are going to have a job. The police are going to arrest these. The attorneys are going to prosecute their cases and the public defenders is going to defend their client and everybody gets to do their job. They are going to do it legally, ethically, but we ask more that they do it morally. So, if im walking down the street and im pulling my dogs chain or i leave my dog outside in the cold and i dont feed it and it has Health Problems or i kick it and make fun of it and treat it harshly, you can arrest me. But i can do that to a person and you think its okay. I dont think its okay. Jeff got me on the phone and said i want to know more about the program and i talked to him and said this is how it works and he said whats the biggest barrier . I said we have trouble making people understand how to better treat their clients. Im a huge fan and knowing what we need to do is to make sure those people that need help get the help they want. Our clien
Thousands of patients. There are potential medications that may offer promise for managing. Managing chronic alcoholism. I know the cities are pursuing some of the those medications. They are expensive but at the same time if i can offer someone an injection that perhaps may not be as drunk anymore, most people will think about giving it a try. There are various types of treatment protocols coming up and those show promises as well. In the end it has to do with time and effort. Those are the thing that really there is nothing new in addiction that is that magical that will change what i do thank you. [ applause ] last we want to hear from the police chief in San Francisco. Likely your officers end up in the front lines with these people who need services. Whats working out there and what is not working and what tools you need to do the job . Its kind of ironic that we are going last because we are first in dealing with people with crisis and i can remember back when i was brand new bac
End up in the revolving courts, they have trauma, bad thing that have happened to them and they have no support and they have gotten no lover to support them, no livelihood to live for. What you need to do is provide an adequate amount of support to help them achieve the goals they want. Notice i didnt say sobriety. Im a Substance Abuse expert that doesnt believe in sobriety. The goal is to say what are we going to work on here . I want to is stop being arrested by the cops . Okay. Thats a goal. How do we achieve that . Want a roof over my head. I have yet to have a patient walk through my door, and say i have need help. I have not have that happen before. I have seen thousands of patients. There are potential medications that may offer promise for managing. Managing chronic alcoholism. I know the cities are pursuing some of the those medications. They are expensive but at the same time if i can offer someone an injection that perhaps may not be as drunk anymore, most people will think
Diego. Tell us about the program. Is it working . Let me tell you what the program is about. Its a program where people are convicted for drink in public 5 or more times or arrested and held and if they are convicted for the crime in public. If you see it like a drug court model, thats how it works. So if we want to talk about is it successful, we can throw out a number of definitions for that. We know that drunk in public arrest are down 77 percent in san diego. Thats good for you and we can talk about Health Care Cost have been reduced by 73,000 a month on health care for people picked up by paramedics and drunk in public and hospitals. I think thats good. I know in my program that 70 percent of people that enter the Program Complete a program and graduate and are 80 percent of employed and housed at the end of the program. We think thats good. And there are serial neeb rate programs across the united states. We have a call from ireland and alaska which begs the question how can you