Their main excuse? Police were never properly trained on how to handle possession and use cases so they now want to offer immunity for a misdemeanor if you take treatment instead. If not, you get a misdemeanor and the draconian shit starts all over again. Source
Ah yes. Shitting in the streets. Classically a problem caused by drugs and definitely not anything else.
Good news! Because drugs are illegal now we don’t have to build housing for the ever increasing homeless population!