san diego meth strike force & san diego's meth prevention intiative got pipes? no more! san...

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


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.


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


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”


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


Smoke Shops in El Cajon


YOUTH EXPOSURE


METH PIPES +++


HEALTH & SAFETY CODE 11364


HEALTH & SAFETY CODE 11364.5


ILLUSIONS SMOKE SHOP


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


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

-- --

34. Tire re-treading and recapping-- P

35. Tobacco paraphernalia business

--MC

36. Welding shopP P

D. Public and Semi-public Uses

1. Ambulance servicesC C


DRUG PARAPHERNALIA ORDINANCES

City of National City – Drug Paraphernalia Ordinance

Licensing as Adult Business – Oceanside Ordinance


El Cajon 2005 Smoke Shop Campaign


EL CAJON DRUG PARAPHERNALIA CAMPAIGN


CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT (C.U.P.) FOR TOBACCO/DRUG PARAPHERNALIA


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


ORGANIZING WITH A PURPOSE

Recruiting Law Enforcement San Diego County Sheriff District Attorney El Cajon & La Mesa PD Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement ABC


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


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


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


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.


NOTIFICATION


DISTRICT ATTORNEY SENDS MESSAGE


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


THE WIDER NET OF MEDIA ADVOCACY


MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT


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


CAMPAIGN RESULTS

Pipes no longer sold Prosecutor Cooperation Law enforcement more willing to partner with

prevention and media Community members carry campaign forward


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


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 got pipes? no more! san...

Documents

meth problems

history southeast san

prevention practitioners

cajon slide

youth exposure slide

wrong message slide

drug paraphernalia sales

sale of drug paraphernalia