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[–] can@sh.itjust.works 32 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Because a lack if clean needles is not going to stop them.

[–] SirAramis@lemmy.ca 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

And then it’s going to put more pressure on the medical system to take care of them. This is dumb.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

Exactly! It's so short sighted.

[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 1 points 10 months ago

Ford's policies make it clear that he clings to the outmoded view that addiction is a moral failing and can be stopped by strength of will alone. He'd rather feel superior than save lives.

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 12 points 10 months ago

Because he is a criminal who is directly responsible for the death of countless people during the start of COVID?

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago

This nonsense with safe injection sites, politicians interfering with patent care, and the push for "involuntary treatment" in BC makes me think that the brief era of "science-based policy" where empirical data trump public ignorance is coming to a crashing end.