My name is Gina. I am a parent of a heroin addict. I am a recovering addict. I am a citizen who will no longer stay silent and be witness to people dying on the streets.
HEY
@chesaboudin
- WHY has the Honduran drug dealer my kid buys from allowed out after being arrested THREE TIMES? And that’s only what I know of-I’m sure there’s more. My daughter is accountable for her use, YOU are accountable for his release!
The more time my daughter is away from drugs and her addiction (6 months), the more she starts to open up to me.
My latest conversation with her, which I share with her permission, is not only heartbreaking, but infuriating.
This is my daughter Sam.
Photo on left: Strung out, addicted to heroin/fentanyl, homeless in SF. In that bag she is carrying are pipes/foil/straws provided by
@SF_DPH
funded nonprofits
Photo on right: 10 months clean after we FORCIBLY removed her from a tent in
#SanFrancisco
There is NO STORY more important than the failure of
@SFPD
to save a 14 YEAR OLD GIRL from being drugged and sex trafficked! BRAVO
@ShellenbergerMD
@lwoodhouse
👏👏👏👏
Sam is 6 months clean and sober now.
No thanks to
@CAgovernor
for this “housing” project.
She is one of the lucky ones to have escaped
#ProjectRoomKey
As her mom, I am heartbroken 💔
I think more people need to understand what these Open Drug Markets/Scenes REALLY are.
These are not people simply “down on their luck”. We are talking about people IN CRISIS with severe drug addiction and mental illness.
Literally surrounded by drug dealers peddling death.
The policies of Gov.
@GavinNewsom
are increasing homelessness, crime, & violence
As governor, I will prosecute drug dealers, shut down the open drug scenes, and offer rehab/psych care as a mandatory alternative to prison
Me
@CNN
w/
@smerconish
&
@KUSINews
w/
@LoganByrnes
So far what I’ve noticed on the
@sfbos
public comment: Majority of residents are with the mayor. Non profits are against. Hmmmm…What’s wrong with this picture?
“My concern about San Francisco is that through many decades of well meaning policy we may have made ourselves a city that is a destination for folks to come to and die.”
@RafaelMandelman
🙏❤️🙏
Yesterday evening, I walked out front of my house to see my 24 yr old daughter, Sam, sitting in my car.
She had just come home from picking up dinner for our family.
She was bawling. Really, really sobbing.
Woke up this morning 11 years free from the bondage of my drug/alcohol addiction.
It's been a challenging year to say the least.
I've waded through the death of my brother to addiction and a cancer diagnosis - neck deep in feelings that I used to "use" at.
One day at a time.
This is my brother Billy.
Last night, I sat with him as he took his last breath. A 46 yr old young man whose life was cut short by methamphetimine addiction.
I was able to be there with him. And talk to him. And rub his head. And tell him it’s alright. And to go see dad.
Hi
@johnlegend
👋 I am inviting you to come take a walk with us through San Francisco. No hoopla. No bodyguards. No press. Just you and a few of us mama’s.
Spend the day with us as we search for our kids in the middle the
#SF
an open drug market.
So much misinformation about crime is being spread around the country and being used to lock up more people in the most incarcerated nation on earth. Great thread on SF. But this is happening all over. Don’t believe the hype.
So to you my beautiful, kind, intelligent, sweet daughter - I can not say enough how PROUD I am of you.
I love you no matter what Sammie...I'm just so grateful you are learning to LOVE YOURSELF 💕♥️❤️🩹
CONGRATS ON 1 YEAR IN RECOVERY 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
#WeDoRecovery
#YouCanRecover
What my daughter experienced in that Project Room Key motel is horrific.
“Mom, there were drugs everywhere. People up all night screaming and fighting. Prostitutes and pimps would be walking in the halls. It was bad.”
She relapsed in that Project Room Key motel in Oakland.
@chesaboudin
You know
@chesaboudin
, I haven’t said one word about your recall. I don’t vote in SF. But you the courts have released my daughter’s FENTANYL dealer THREE TIMES! Stay off of Twitter and DO YOU DAMN JOB!
Mothers Against Drug Addiction & Deaths are heading to LA next weekend.
Any mothers down in SoCal that have kids struggling with addiction on the street?
DM me. Let’s meet!
@StopDrugDeaths
Today, Sam has a full-time job, takes care of her bills and is MUCH healthier both spiritually and physically.
I will NEVER regret literally dragging her off the street. EVER!
She, and
#SanFrancisco
policies, where killing her.
Two years of unwavering strength.
My daughter's journey in recovery from addiction fills me with immense pride.
Her resilience is a testament to the power of hope and determination.
Here's to celebrating milestones and embracing second chances.
#WeDoRecover
#ProudParent
She says there are a number of days she was there that she can’t even remember.
We found her in a RV/encampment/drug scene days later. She weighed less than 100 lbs. She was at her worst.
I hope she NEVER recalls what happened to her in those days she can’t remember.
I was also denied access to the linkage center. The door was literally slammer ON me. A women ran up and told UA that I was NOT to be permitted. Her name was Kim. She was quite rude.
She shared this today:
Last year, she was living in an all women SLE and was working toward creating a better life for herself. She had 3 months of sobriety.
Sam got Covid and at that time, protocol was to send people living in SLE’s to a Project Room Key Motel.
These activists handed my daughter a tent.
And City funded nonprofits handed her foil/pipes/straws under the guise of “making a connection”.
She was able to languish out there much longer because of this.
Where do I send the therapy bill?
@StopDrugDeaths
These activists are the same people who hand out tents to keep people on the street instead of working to bring them indoors, as we are trying to do. They are instructing and encouraging people to refuse shelter – to remain on the street instead of going indoors.
“Let’s talk about this wellness hub, this linkage center.”
@LondonBreed
People have said “when they walked into the Linkage Center they felt like people were excited and happy that they were using drugs. They felt like they weren’t getting help” 🔥🔥🔥
“This is our job to be leaders, to be leaders and to stop these deaths.”
Hillary Ronen took office in Jan. 2017.
Since then, 3,407+ human beings have died of overdose.
What has she been leading?
These deaths are on YOUR watch Hillary. Under your leadership
I have invited
@JenSiebelNewsom
to join Mothers Against Drug Deaths on 2 occasions.
W/o getting too graphic, my 23 yr old daughter will forever be traumatized by what she has experienced living in an open drug scene.
We are begging for help. Will you stand with us Jen?
@JenSiebelNewsom
@GavinNewsom
Dear First Partner Siebel Newsom,
100% of the women on the streets who
@lwoodhouse
& I have interviewed have been sexually assaulted multiple times.
Their stories are below.
Will you please commit here and now to safeguarding their rights?
Sincerely,
Michael
My daughter will forever be traumatized by her time out on the streets of
#SanFrancisco
There was no help for her from any of the nonprofits that visited her tent.
There was lots of foil/straws/pipes handed to her by those City funded programs though.
GTFO with this crap!
Poor FENTANYL dealers may be threatened or have their family threatened????
Are you suggesting we let them continue so THEIR family can stay safe?
PEOPLE WHO KNOWINGLY SELL FENTANYL - WHILE OUR KIDS ARE DYING AT THEIR FEET - DESERVE A ONE-WAY TICKET OUT.
This is in the wake of another announcement, made publicly: Supervisor Matt Dorsey seeks to end the city's Sanctuary City policy for ppl accused of dealing fentanyl. Keep in mind that many such ppl deal under threat of violence to them/their families.
I am going to say this very clearly:
Putting a severely drug addicted and mentally ill person ALONE in a room-SURROUNDED by the open drug market-is DEADLY.
Advocating for that is standing up for a continuation of someone's suffering, and possible death.
Any wonder why businesses are leaving in
#SanFrancisco
BEI Hotel: Hey, can you come clean the “build up” of human feces on the sidewalk please so our guests can get picked up?
@sfpublicworks
: Nope. That’s your responsibility. We did it TWICE this week as a “courtesy”
🤯
I ran over and asked what was wrong.
She took a minute to compose herself.
This is what she said to me:
“Mom, I just realized that I’m using your car. And going out to buy dinner for you guys. And you trust me to do that.” ❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹
Please don’t misunderstand: MY DAUGHTER IS 1000% responsible for her drug use.
My question: At what point is
@sfgov
@SF_DPH
responsible for for aiding and abetting her addiction?
I thank the universe every single day that we were able to get her OUT of San Francisco and access treatment in Alameda Co.
RECOVERY IS POSSIBLE PEOPLE!
GET YOUR LOVED ONES OUT OF
#SANFRANCISCO
ANY WAY YOU CAN.
One year and 1 day ago, Sam was on the street in the Tenderloin.
Smoking heroin/fentanyl from
@SF_DPH
funded foil and using a
@SF_DPH
funded pipe.
Sleeping in a tent provided by CoH.
I am so thankful that
@AlamedaCounty
stepped up and facilitated long term rehab for her. It has gotten to the point of her being threatened with a knife and her father having to go pay the dope man WHO WAS RELEASED BY
@chesaboudin
! Yes-he should be in a CAGE!
I have spoken to all of the candidates running for SF District Atty.
@BrookeJenkinsSF
has the experience, plan and gumption to make a dent in the out of control open drug market that’s killing our loved ones.
VOTE JENKINS ✌🏼
I chatted with a friend today about the
#TenderloinEmergency
We have a lot in common. Our kids both buy their drugs in
#SanFrancisco
.
We have a bond - one I wish we didn’t.
We lean on each other for support.
We are angry and heartbroken.
This is what she told me:
Free tents/foil/straws/pipes along w/the open drug market was killing her.
Delivered meals and paraphernalia to her CoH provided tent on Hyde is NOT reducing harm.
GET THEM OUT! However you have to do it - JUST DO IT!
#WeDoRecover
@StopDrugDeaths
@Twolfrecovery
@SteveAdami
I spoke to a “Director of Harm Reduction” at one of the BIG nonprofits the other day.
This person told me that by handing out foil/pipes/straws, they were making “connections and engagement”.
He was explaining to me how his sole source/no bid contract program would work
On Tues at the
@sfbos
, Sup
@HillaryRonen
said she would be introducing legislation to move "Safe Consumption Sites" forward in
#SanFrancisco
She's advocating for one at St. Johns Episcopal - 720 FEET FROM AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Why are
#SF
kids ALWAYS an afterthought?
Of course it's closing.
I've been in that store while erratic, mentally ill, addicted people are literally throwing things at workers. Not to mention the boosting that is constant.
If you build a drug utopia, they will come.
And businesses will leave - in droves.
#SanFrancisco
@ShellenbergerMD
I am a recovering addict who ran the game of handouts to feed my addiction. I now have my beautiful 23 yr old trying to pull herself out. The ease of the handouts and open air drug scenes are KILLING our children. WE NEED CHANGE!
#CaliforniaPeaceCampaign
#Cal
-Psych
#SanFransicko
Hi
@SFPD
@BrookeJenkinsSF
! Can you please DO SOMETHING about this unhinged person that has OPENLY ADMITTED to vandalizing and threatening further damage this small business?
@SFPDChief
Being addicted to drugs can be debilitating.
For me, I lost interest in everything – my home, my husband, my kids – all for my next high.
It’s a lonely spot to be in.
This pic reminds me of how I felt when deep in my disease.
Alone. Broken. Hopeless.
@johnlegend
@chesaboudin
Once again
@johnlegend
- you’ve been invited.
When/if you come, maybe we will bump into my kids
#fentanyl
dealer that has been arrested and released 3x.
He’s still out here sellin’ his poison. Come meet him & tell me how
@chesaboudin
criminal justice reform is rehabbing him
Hi
@johnlegend
👋 I am inviting you to come take a walk with us through San Francisco. No hoopla. No bodyguards. No press. Just you and a few of us mama’s.
Spend the day with us as we search for our kids in the middle the
#SF
an open drug market.
@lcwhitlock14
@war24182236
@Twolfrecovery
@GabeFerreiraD3
@markyrod1
He is staying in a navigation center that you pay for Louise. He is applying for food stamps and SSI which all Californians pay for. I feel for this kid. And he seems able bodied and capable of holding a job. Why not require that or community service while he goes to trtmt?
Received this pic/report today of
@sfpublicworks
destroying the 2,485 names memorialized by some of the family and friends of the deceased for Overdose Awareness day.
Literally 2 hours-listed as "official PRIORITY!" in the "Mayors Corridor". - Washed away 💔
@StopDrugDeaths
Overdose Awareness Day 2023
Love this crew 👇👇👇
This is my friend, Vicki Dowell, on the front page of todays
@sfchronicle
She lost her 26 yr old son, Jacob to fentanyl poisoning.
“ The fact that kids have to live like this…” ~
@LondonBreed
“Why do people who deal drugs have more rights than people who try to get up and go to work everyday and take their children to school?”
I appreciate this sit-down
@SFMayorsOffice
🙏
But I am done being diplomatic. I am done being “politically correct”.
PEOPLE THAT CANNOT CARE FOR THEMSELVES BECAUSE OF THEIR ADDICTION NEED TO BE MANDATED TO TREATMENT.
PERIOD
🙏
Why would ANYBODY look forward to nothing in
#SanFrancisco
getting better?
I’ll feel vindicated when my daughter’s fuck!ng
#FENTANYL
dealer~ who has been arrested & released 3x with lowered charges and 10 NA meetings~ ends up in a CAGE!
He’s out there now selling poison 🤬
I so look forward to Boudin being vindicated when nothing in SF gets better. Thankfully there are still some good, indie media outlets that will cover.
I had decided to go to the D6 Sup. debate today in SF. I felt that I should listen to all those running to hear their views on the state of the City. Full disclosure: I don’t vote in SF. But I have spent an awful lot of time walking/driving the streets looking for my daughter.
This is Vancouver. The blue circle on the left is the Insight “safe” consumption site. This is from May 2022. THIS IS WHAT IS COMING TO SAN FRANCISCO! You visited here yet
@LondonBreed
? ZOOM IN
@SFMayorsOffice
. DON’T BELIEVE THE HYPE
I survived my 10 hr Twitter jail.
Apparently we’re not allowed to talk about how pipes/foil/straws and enabling help to expedite the death of addicts on the streets of San Francisco.
#NotShuttinUp
#SpeakYourTruth
#WeDoRecover
Beyond proud to stand in solidarity with these women.
It’s not easy sharing your family struggles with addiction.
It’s painful. Heartbreaking. Exhausting. But NOT shameful!
Speak out! Our loved ones need HELP!
@StopDrugDeaths
#TreatmentOnDemand
#MADAD
#NoShame
@ShellenbergerMD
@lwoodhouse
During my meth induced psychosis, I was convinced that Jimmy Hoffa and the Teamsters had me under surveillance.
I look back on these emails I sent myself in 2011 and am shocked that I made it out with my mind intact.
Point being ~ I believed EVERY BIT of these emails.
The City of San Francisco is effectively giving legal aid to the Sinaloa cartel to evade its own police force. The same kinds of things are happening in other cities, too. I'm focusing on SF because I know it best and because it's the bleeding edge case.
Thank you
@bettersoma
for speaking out tonight on the San Francisco-focused "Whole Story" - and for all you continue to do to make the change we want to see in SF. 💪💔❤️🩹
Lots of harm reduction vs abstinence talk today. So many opinions.
Here is how harm was reduced in my addiction/recovery:
-MANDATED to a facility by
@ACSOSheriffs
due to meth-induced psychosis. They saved my life♥️ Apparently public electrical boxes are NOT surveilling me!
I will NEVER stop fighting for addicts on the street who are being handed tools by
@sfgov
to literally aid in their death.
Hundreds of families have contacted us from all over the US asking us to check on their loved ones in
#SanFrancisco
IT HAS TO END!
I'll say it AGAIN - Placing an UNTREATED mentally ill/drug addicted person in a room ALONE is DANGEROUS!
You can provide all the "rap around" services in the world, but until they are REQUIRED to participate, these incidents will continue.
All those out there that believe enabling a drug addict to continue to use until “they decide” to get treatment , PLEASE READ :
Three days ago, I received a frantic phone call from my 84 yr old mother.
Barely audible and in tears she said “Billy had a stroke”.
How long will
@UrbanAlchemyUA
go unchecked.
@JeffKositsky
- can we get some help here?
One of our loved ones was assaulted and it’s not an isolated incident. The very people they are hired to HELP are being mistreated.
@StopDrugDeaths
Tomorrow morning I will stand in protest of the illegal drug den “Linkage” center being operated by
@sfgov
. My daughter being able to buy and use drugs sanctioned by
@sfgov
is a travesty. I should file a lawsuit!
Tomorrow morning I will be protesting the illegal sale and use of drugs in the Tenderloin Linkage Center. I protest in recognition of the addiction struggles of my son and others on the streets of San Francisco.
Spent some time with my daughter yesterday. She looks healthy and she is clear headed.
✔️6mo. clean - 98lbs to 130lbs
✔️Committed to her program and is being of service.
✔️Attending therapy and relapse prevention
✔️Working part time
✔️Exploring school options