The Vancouver Coast Health Authority which runs Insite, stated long ago that if they got a favorable decision from the Supreme Court that they would next push for "safe inhalation rooms" for crack addicts. What's next? Supervised meth production labs because its "a dangerous activity that people are going to do anyway, so we might as well supervise it.".
Liberalism destroys nations.
jailing someone for being sick costs a lot more than trying to deal with it at the ground level.
Not true if you factor in the extensive PROPERTY CRIME junkies commit to supply their habit, plus the tremendous POLICING COST of the Downtown Eastside.
The cheapest option is to ENFORCE THE LAW and lock these people up. Not only would it be the cheapest option but normal people would be able to walk the Downtown Eastside without having to worry about being mugged, without having to watch their step for needles, blood, urine, feces, and vomit. The junkies in the Downtown Eastside also throw so much garbage on the sidewalk that cleaner streets in itself would be worth removing junkies from the public.
It is the individual addict that is obstructing their own rights "to life, liberty and security of the person"... Doesn't that factor into the equation?
It's better they do it on the street?
Not true if you factor in the extensive PROPERTY CRIME junkies commit to supply their habit, plus the tremendous POLICING COST of the Downtown Eastside.
The cheapest option is to ENFORCE THE LAW and lock these people up. Not only would it be the cheapest option but normal people would be able to walk the Downtown Eastside without having to worry about being mugged, without having to watch their step for needles, blood, urine, feces, and vomit. The junkies in the Downtown Eastside also throw so much garbage on the sidewalk that cleaner streets in itself would be worth removing junkies from the public.
Not true if you factor in the extensive PROPERTY CRIME junkies commit to supply their habit, plus the tremendous POLICING COST of the Downtown Eastside.
The cheapest option is to ENFORCE THE LAW and lock these people up. Not only would it be the cheapest option but normal people would be able to walk the Downtown Eastside without having to worry about being mugged, without having to watch their step for needles, blood, urine, feces, and vomit. The junkies in the Downtown Eastside also throw so much garbage on the sidewalk that cleaner streets in itself would be worth removing junkies from the public.
It won't change if we keep the status quo alley. Insite offers some hope of stability, safety. From there recovery is a possibility.
It won't change if we keep the status quo alley. Insite offers some hope of stability, safety. From there recovery is a possibility.
Have you seen these people in the Downtown Eastside? They're the walking dead and they love their drugs more than life itself. Their only hope is to be forcibly removed from the drug scene environment.
Is the scenario on the street you describe, typical of junkies or more the extreme?
I'm a little puzzled at how this attitude coincides with your Christian beliefs.
If we "throw away" these people who will be next? The epileptics, the lepers, the mongoloids, people with a hare lip?
It's Insite that's perpetuating the status quo! It's not truly helping them because all they're doing is supervising the injection and offering a pamphlet :roll: on how to get treatment. They may stop an overdose today only to have that same person die tomorrow!
Have you seen these people in the Downtown Eastside? They're the walking dead and they love their drugs more than life itself. Their only hope is to be forcibly removed from the drug scene environment.
And if you still think Insite is valuable, what do you have say about the girl who went to Insite because she wanted to try heroin for the FIRST TIME? Surprise! No one at Insite warned her about her grave decision, let alone try to stop her and instead COACHED her on how to properly inject herself! She got addicted and had to seek help in a program that had nothing to do with Insite! Does that sound like giving someone hope and stability? No.
Walk the Downtown Eastside and find out for yourself!
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Do you go down there? If so, why?Walk the Downtown Eastside and find out for yourself!
None of these people made a conscious choice to destroy their lives - junkies did.
Why were they under attack by the Feds?