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> Overdoses that happen at the sites are overdoses that don't happen on the street. The problem is we're continuing to encourage open air street usage of drugs
by diebeforei485 4y ago
> Overdoses that happen at the sites are overdoses that don't happen on the street.
The problem is we're continuing to encourage open air street usage of drugs (for example by giving out bags of needles). For safe consumption sites to be accepted, that should stop.
Additionally, it helps to have more frequent cleanups of trash around the site, giving local residents a hotline, more regular police patrols of the surrounding blocks, etc.
European countries have different systems in place. Some of them, you can actually get drugs prescribed by a doctor. This is more sensible than relying on the "market" to provide drugs.
- yazaddaruvala 4y ago> The problem is we're continuing to encourage open air street usage of drugs Ok, so we agree. We need safe injection sites to get any and all usage off the streets. > it helps to have more frequent cleanups of trash around the site, giving local residents a hotline, more regular police patrols of the surrounding blocks, etc. Cool, so we agree. We need to ensure amazing execution of safe injection sites. > Some of them, you can actually get drugs prescribed by a doctor. This is more sensible than relying on the "market" to provide drugs. I’m not sure what you mean by “market” here. In this thread we were talking about the state sponsoring free drugs for consumption at safe injection sites. There is no “market”.