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Originally Posted by Bill Bumface
Isn't having more sites just basically what we used to have?
The problem is spread out to any dark corner/overhang people can find, and the average Joe just bumps into it here and there.
The problem being spread out makes it more evenly suffered by the general population instead of screwing over a concentrated group of people that live and work near the single site.
It's kind of like the Drop-in Centre. By having a massive, centralized facility, sure they achieve economies of scale for a lot of aspects, but so do the dealers outside.
I'm no expert on this stuff, but I sure prefer having the problem well spread around rather than centralized, as it seems like centralizing things doesn't help police and community workers solve any of the underlying problems any more effectively.
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I was being sarcastic, but yeah I feel you. I guess it's easy to say "out of sight, out of mind" which does nothing for these people, but I fail to see how for example Lethbridges current safe injection site is anything but a free for all. I'd love to see some stats on exactly how many lives it has saved. If we are interested in measuring positive impact, then surely we can look at the negative impacts, such as businesses threatening to close shop, and the sharp rise in crime.
https://lethbridgenewsnow.com/2019/0...n-crime-index/
"We're number 1! We're number 1!"
Violent crime has held steady or even declined, but property crime has went ballistic. Considering the amount of chain link fence that has been put up at a cost to business owners, it's easy to figure out why.
Not in my backyard is cop out argument to take when one considers the impact the entire city feels.