Together, We Will Bring Peace to the Chaos.
Three steps to end drug deaths.
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Close Drug Markets
California officials must take action now to shut down the open dealing of deadly drugs on social media, on sidewalks, and in tents through a combination of social services and law enforcement. -
Psychiatry for All
We need universal psychiatric care, and we need it now. To prevent more people from living and dying on the streets, the state of California must take over and centralize psychiatric and addiction services . -
Shelter First
Everyone should have the right to basic shelter, but this does not mean people can camp wherever they like. Housing should be safe and it should be earned, not given away without conditions.
Michelle Leopold founded We Are Not Alone after her losing her son to a drug death in 2020
Imagine, if you had a son, daughter, sister, or brother on the streets, addicted to meth or fentanyl. Living on the edge of death. Imagine, if you can, seeing that special person’s life snuffed out due to drugs.
These are not good-time party drugs. They are shackles that are destroying lives. Please join us in our fight to take back our streets and give our loved ones a chance to rejoin our families and society.
We are a nonpartisan coalition of parents of children at risk of dying from illicit deadly drugs, parents of children killed by fentanyl, and community leaders who are fighting against drug death markets, for psychiatry for all, and for Shelter First to save lives, our communities, and our state.
Who we are: The Alexander Neville Foundation | Drug Induced Homicide | Civilization Works | Hope Street Coalition | Mothers Against Drug Deaths | Realists Against Drug Deaths | Recovery Education Coalition | San Franciscans for Peace and Justice | Union Rescue Mission | United Rescue Mission | Venice for Peace | Victims of Illicit Drugs | We Are Not Alone Community
Our playbook for stopping chaos on our streets.
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Witness
Before we advocate we investigate. Define the problem at the ground level. Determine the best solutions? We lead fact-finding missions into Skid Row, Tenderloin, and Venice Beach for concerned citizens, journalists, and policymakers.
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Take action
We are demanding change and we are winning action. From San Francisco and Los Angeles to Sacramento and Washington, D.C., we are building a movement to demand and win change. We can’t do it without you.
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Build the movement
We are families, citizens, experts, recovering addicts, service providers, business leaders, and community advocates. We are building a nonpartisan movement for change. We can’t do it without your help.
CPC Events & News
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CPC Launch
August 16,2021 At 10am on August 16, we announced the creation of the California Peace Coalition, which includes parents of children who died from drugs, loved ones of current addicts, former addicts, and concerned community members. Our members are united by a shared vision for California that takes the steps needed to end drug deaths, untreated mental illness, and homelessness. -
UN Plaza Protest
Feb 5, 2022.On Saturday, February 5th at 8 a.m., mothers of children affected directly by the drug deaths crisis will protest in front of the recently opened Linkage Center at United Nations Plaza, which is inappropriately combining rehab services with open air drug use and dealing. They are members of the group Mothers Against Drug Deaths… -
Fentanyl Deaths Protest
May 27, 2021 A Bay Area mother trying to help her son back from drug addiction visited San Francisco's Tenderloin Wednesday to speak out against drug dealers and the open-air drug market. Jacqui Berlinn says her son is using fentanyl. She's calling for change to get him and others help. "I realize that we need to speak up about this," she said…
The staggering toll of drug deaths across the US
Drug deaths:
Increased from 18,000 in 2000 to 93,000 in 2020;
Are the number one cause of accidental death in the U.S.;
Killed three times more people than car accidents in 2020, and seven times more than homicide.
Source: New York Times, July 2021
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