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Originally Posted by jasonturbo
Oddly I didn't expect this thread to be focused on the price of oil, this isn't a major issue
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Considering that our dollar seems to ride on the back of it, would make it a major issue, no?
As well as the handling of the issue and what it means for future investment.
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Originally Posted by jasonturbo
what is a major issue (IMO) is our universally-terrible universal health care and the thousands of mentally ill drug addicts wandering around the lawless society that is East Van that receive virtually no meaningful assistance.
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They receive plenty of assistance.
The longer a person is addicted to drugs the more susceptible they are to developing a mental disorder.
Our approach? Provide them with a comfortable area to shoot, and hand out free needles to do it with. Many of which end up littered through the streets and parks because regardless of the label, it's not an exchange.
Next, offer a city sanctioned area to flog hot goods. You'll likely be seeing more of those, btw as the city recently performed a review on the results of the dtes street market.
Oh and champion it all as a success so other cities can follow the example. Edmonton just opened 4, yes 4 safe sites. All clustered. Brilliant.
Addicts are more likely to quit when they hit rock bottom. This should be common sense. Take that away and all we're providing is palliative care. And they wonder why the problem keeps growing.
Edit: sorry for being blunt