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Originally Posted by Ped
So just curious, my town is far too small for something like this, but what exactly are they doing to get people off drugs? I assume they have the usual pamphlets and programs, but do they actually talk to people that come in and try to find ways to get them off, or do they just kind of give them a safe place to inject and a clean needle, give them a short talk about the issues with drugs, and send them on their way?
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I haven't bothered to visit the site myself, but most of the information trickling out relating to the safe injection site seems to little of what you mentioned above is happening to help people get off drugs. Yeah, the info is there, but it's kinda like the coupons that are in front of supermarkets like Superstores before you walk in. Most people don't even notice it. Most of other information I have looked into not relating to this safe injection site seem to indicate something similar, that most of the programs/methods are either ineffective or completely overwhelmed to the point they are simply ineffective in denting the issue.
There's more information earlier in the thread, but many are annoyed that the set up was described like a safe injection site for users to have a safe place to use. Instead, the current iteration is more like a dispensary.
I might be exaggerating, but I feel like it's more like sticking those hand sanitizer dispensers in front of a clinic in the middle of a flu epidemic, as opposed to offering a flu shot at said clinic during said flu epidemic. The whole damn thing just seems like it was half assed.
I think arguably, it's at least a step towards a resolution in a situation which doesn't look easy to solve.