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We prosecute drug dealers. Proposition 132 is the wrong answer to the fentanyl crisis. (Opinion)

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We prosecute drug dealers. Proposition 132 is the wrong answer to the fentanyl crisis. (Opinion)
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As district attorneys, our responsibility is straightforward: advance justice and make our communities safer.
We take the fentanyl crisis seriously. We’ve fought successfully to strengthen penalties for fentanyl distribution and led efforts to prosecute dealers – particularly those whose actions result in deaths – because those who prey upon people in the throes of addiction must be held fully accountable. Our offices secure lengthy prison sentences in those cases because this crisis is a priori

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