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Got Pipes? No More! San Diego Glass Pipe Campaign

Got Pipes? No More! San Diego Glass Pipe Campaign. California Prevention Collaborative Summit October 30, 2007 www.no2meth.org - www.publicstrategies.org. SESSION GOALS. Understand how environmental prevention strategies can be used for meth problems

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Got Pipes? No More! San Diego Glass Pipe Campaign

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  1. Got Pipes? No More!San Diego Glass Pipe Campaign California Prevention Collaborative Summit October 30, 2007 www.no2meth.org - www.publicstrategies.org San Diego Meth Strike Force & San Diego's Meth Prevention Intiative

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. Smoke Shops in El Cajon San Diego Meth Strike Force & San Diego's Meth Prevention Intiative

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  8. YOUTH EXPOSURE San Diego Meth Strike Force & San Diego's Meth Prevention Intiative

  9. METH PIPES +++ San Diego Meth Strike Force & San Diego's Meth Prevention Intiative

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  11. HEALTH & SAFETY CODE 11364 San Diego Meth Strike Force & San Diego's Meth Prevention Intiative

  12. HEALTH & SAFETY CODE 11364.5 San Diego Meth Strike Force & San Diego's Meth Prevention Intiative

  13. ILLUSIONS SMOKE SHOP San Diego Meth Strike Force & San Diego's Meth Prevention Intiative

  14. DRUG PARAPHERNALIA CASE LAW • A & B Cattle Company v. City of Escondido – 1987 • 11364.7 in conflict with and overrides section 11364.5, an earlier regulatory provision • Posters ‘N’ Things Ltd. v. United States – 1994 • Context Matters San Diego Meth Strike Force & San Diego's Meth Prevention Intiative

  15. 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. San Diego Meth Strike Force & San Diego's Meth Prevention Intiative

  16. City of National City – Drug Paraphernalia Ordinance DRUG PARAPHERNALIA ORDINANCES Licensing as Adult Business – Oceanside Ordinance San Diego Meth Strike Force & San Diego's Meth Prevention Intiative

  17. El Cajon 2005 Smoke Shop Campaign San Diego Meth Strike Force & San Diego's Meth Prevention Intiative

  18. EL CAJON DRUG PARAPHERNALIA CAMPAIGN San Diego Meth Strike Force & San Diego's Meth Prevention Intiative

  19. CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT (C.U.P.) FOR TOBACCO/DRUG PARAPHERNALIA San Diego Meth Strike Force & San Diego's Meth Prevention Intiative

  20. 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

  21. 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

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. 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

  25. 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

  26. NOTIFICATION San Diego Meth Strike Force & San Diego's Meth Prevention Intiative

  27. DISTRICT ATTORNEY SENDS MESSAGE San Diego Meth Strike Force & San Diego's Meth Prevention Intiative

  28. 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

  29. THE WIDER NET OF MEDIA ADVOCACY San Diego Meth Strike Force & San Diego's Meth Prevention Intiative

  30. MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT San Diego Meth Strike Force & San Diego's Meth Prevention Intiative

  31. 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

  32. 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

  33. 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

  34. 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 San Diego Meth Strike Force & San Diego's Meth Prevention Intiative

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