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San Diego Meth Strike Force & San Diego's Meth Prevention Intiative
Got Pipes? No More!San Diego Glass Pipe Campaign
California Prevention Collaborative SummitOctober 30, 2007
www.no2meth.org - www.publicstrategies.org
San Diego Meth Strike Force & San Diego's Meth Prevention Intiative
SESSION GOALS
Understand how environmental prevention strategies can be used for meth problems
Enable prevention practitioners to carry out a campaign against the sale of drug paraphernalia in their community.
Familiarize participants with state laws and policy options on drug paraphernalia sales, and how laws can be effectively enforced.
San Diego Meth Strike Force & San Diego's Meth Prevention Intiative
GLASS PIPES
Glass pipes sold in smoke shops, alcohol outlets and 99 Cent Stores
Most agree that selling pipes is irresponsible and sends the wrong message
San Diego Meth Strike Force & San Diego's Meth Prevention Intiative
BEFORE
BROAD AVAILABILITY Glass pipes prominent in locations dispersed
in community – even across the street from a youth day treatment center
NO ENFORCEMENT Law enforcement frustrated: “the DA would
never prosecute these cases”
San Diego Meth Strike Force & San Diego's Meth Prevention Intiative
BEFORE
HISTORY Southeast San Diego had history of
organizing/shaming liquor stores that sold paraphernalia
Focus on youth access, not pipes LAND USE
Of 18 cities in the County, several used one variation or another to attempt to limit the location of smoke shops
San Diego Meth Strike Force & San Diego's Meth Prevention Intiative
DRUG PARAPHERNALIA CASE LAW
A & B Cattle Company v. City of A & B Cattle Company v. City of Escondido – 1987Escondido – 1987 1111364.7 in conflict with and overrides section
11364.5, an earlier regulatory provision Posters ‘N’ Things Ltd. v. United States – Posters ‘N’ Things Ltd. v. United States –
19941994 Context MattersContext Matters
San Diego Meth Strike Force & San Diego's Meth Prevention Intiative
DRUG PARAPHERNALIA ORDINANCES
City of Santee Drug/Tobacco
Paraphernalia Ordinance
17.04.120: Definition of "tobacco paraphernalia business“
Table 17.14.030A: Limits such businesses to the Industrial Zone with a Major Conditional Use Permit.
17.14.030 Industrial use regulations.
33. Tattoo parlor and/or body piercing salon
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34. Tire re-treading and recapping-- P
35. Tobacco paraphernalia business
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36. Welding shopP P
D. Public and Semi-public Uses
1. Ambulance servicesC C
San Diego Meth Strike Force & San Diego's Meth Prevention Intiative
DRUG PARAPHERNALIA ORDINANCES
City of National City – Drug Paraphernalia Ordinance
Licensing as Adult Business – Oceanside Ordinance
San Diego Meth Strike Force & San Diego's Meth Prevention Intiative
El Cajon 2005 Smoke Shop Campaign
San Diego Meth Strike Force & San Diego's Meth Prevention Intiative
EL CAJON DRUG PARAPHERNALIA CAMPAIGN
San Diego Meth Strike Force & San Diego's Meth Prevention Intiative
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT (C.U.P.) FOR TOBACCO/DRUG PARAPHERNALIA
San Diego Meth Strike Force & San Diego's Meth Prevention Intiative
ORGANIZING
Meth Strike Force a ready-vehicle for organizing
Tri-Chairs: DA, Public Safety, HHSA 60+ agency membership across public
health, safety, criminal justice and more
Leadership steps up when asked
San Diego Meth Strike Force & San Diego's Meth Prevention Intiative
ORGANIZING WITH A PURPOSE
Recruiting Law Enforcement San Diego County Sheriff District Attorney El Cajon & La Mesa PD Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement ABC
San Diego Meth Strike Force & San Diego's Meth Prevention Intiative
ORGANIZING PARTNER RESOURCES
Treatment: Expert witness to testify about glass pipe use
Prevention: ID locations, plan for media Law Enforcement: Present notices and enforce
law Prosecutor: Prosecute case All: Make enforcement/prosecution visible to
change norms among retailers and public
San Diego Meth Strike Force & San Diego's Meth Prevention Intiative
ORGANIZING FOR A PURPOSE
Meth Prevention Initiative: part of prevention system with regional links Tie in to locations, local agencies, residents North Park / San Diego City Attorney in play
Campaign began in June 2006 once DA had agreed to prosecute cases, assigned lead prosecutor
San Diego Meth Strike Force & San Diego's Meth Prevention Intiative
CAMPAIGN GOALS IN MOTION
Notification (October - November 2006)
Courtesy Cease & Desist Enforcement (December - February 06/07)
Confiscation and Citation Media Advocacy
Casting a Wider Net Throughout the Year Print, Broadcast News, Radio, Op-Eds
San Diego Meth Strike Force & San Diego's Meth Prevention Intiative
NOTIFICATION
Beginning in October 2006 law enforcement partners delivered courtesy notices to over 47 store owners to stop selling these products used to smoke illicit drugs.
San Diego Meth Strike Force & San Diego's Meth Prevention Intiative
CONFISCATION
Undercover “buys” 30 days later show most stores to be in compliance
Confiscation of over 10,000 glass pipes used to smoke methamphetamine or crack cocaine in December 2006
Bonanza at one store of 8000+ pipes. Stores owners cited with misdemeanors
San Diego Meth Strike Force & San Diego's Meth Prevention Intiative
MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
San Diego Meth Strike Force & San Diego's Meth Prevention Intiative
ESTABLISHING TRUST WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT Other regions joined the MPI-Law
Enforcement Task Force San Diego Sheriff’s Office with the San Diego
City Attorney’s DART Team By February 2007 over 14,000 glass pipes
had been seized
San Diego Meth Strike Force & San Diego's Meth Prevention Intiative
CAMPAIGN RESULTS
Pipes no longer sold Prosecutor Cooperation Law enforcement more willing to partner with
prevention and media Community members carry campaign forward
San Diego Meth Strike Force & San Diego's Meth Prevention Intiative
POLICY DEVELOPMENTS
California State Attorney General clears confusion in State Health & Safety Code
Addition of Local Administrative Penalties Maintaining Enforcement Activities District Attorney & City Attorney Prosecution
Consensus
San Diego Meth Strike Force & San Diego's Meth Prevention Intiative
CONCLUSIONS
Environmental prevention strategies can be successfully applied to meth
This kind of campaign builds common ground between law enforcement, media and local residents
We can create communities where a “no meth use” message is supported