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There is an issue they we need more then just safe consumption sites. We need the support network to help people get out of the situations that are causing them to use. And we don’t have that.
You're right, but that's not a reason to close safe injection sites. Generally, we need to stop treating addicts like criminals. Addiction is a disease, and the corrective action is healthcare.
Yes but policy makers HATE to acknowledge that poverty and social issues underlie many of our problems.
That's too complicated. The easy answer is that addicts are bad evil people who deserve to live in misery and agony and any kindness towards them is an act of moral weakness.
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Sure but they can’t be alll we do and that seems to be all we do. Which is not helping anyone.