[peter12]

Originally Posted by 2Stonedbirds

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.

A city doesn't feel the impact of an out of control opioid crisis?