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Originally Posted by rubecube
The problem is how can you criminalize behaviour that is almost always comorbid with things like homelessness, PTSD, mood disorders, etc., when we don't have the infrastructure in place to treat those issues?
There have been suggestions from Cliff and others that people should be forced into treatment, which just demonstrates complete ignorance of how barren the infrastructure and support is in that sector due to decades of cuts and deregulation.
The chickens from late-stage capitalism, neoliberalism, and austerity politics are coming home to roost, and this is what it looks like.
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I disagree that the bolded is the root of the problem. If you search opium in Peels Prairie Province, it will show you that the problem with opiate addiction is long standing. This is a not a modern problem, it is ancient problem in a modern context.
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