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Originally Posted by Sliver
Don't lose sight of the easy-to-understand problem here. These safe injection sites attract degenerates (as defined like so: having lost the physical, mental, or moral qualities considered normal and desirable; showing evidence of decline.).
It's reasonable to not want these sites in your neighbourhood. It's clear they attract an undesirable element.
Nobody should be expected to take on that burden uncompensated and at risk to their person and property.
For those reasons, these are not good solutions and we should scrap the idea and close them down.
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Yes, I agree it is certainly reasonable to not want these sites in your neighborhood and people dismissing that argument because the stats say everything is fine is just downright silly.
There are many people in these crowds that have gone down unimaginable roads to end up where they are at so I do feel very badly for the majority of them. I am critical of the way we are dealing with the problem and labeling it a success, but it would be one of the tragedies of our generation if we simply turned our backs on those in need of help. One of these users could be your bother, sister, son or daughter and I'd want to know we all did better than just give them access to optional treatment and a place to get high. Not good enough.