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Originally Posted by burn_this_city
I think the government has issues with sanctioning safe injection sites, simply because you're giving haven to illegal drug use. Are these injections sites actually getting people off the drugs? Or is it just allowing them a clean place to shoot up so they don't spread HIV/Hepatitis? Honest question, I don't know.
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That is what they were created for, but it has less of an effect on getting people off the drugs, and more of an impact in keeping needles off the streets and slowing the spread of HIV. I think the basis of the argument boils down to one side believing it is god's will that we not defile our sacred bodies with these unholy substances versus the people who believe humanity can do no wrong and can change if given a hand. Probably neither of those things are true, but they are both irrelevant to how this problem should be handled in Canada. Studies have shown that Insite has had a positive impact in the community, and that is all that matters. Keep your religious BS out of this. (that includes theism and secular humanism)