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Originally Posted by activeStick
My position on Safe Supply has changed from when it was first announced by our government. Initially, I reasoned that if people were dying due to toxic levels of fentanyl in the drugs they were purchasing from the streets, it was logical to fix that issue by offering addicts clean alternatives. But I've come around to realize that offering more drugs to addicts also isn't a good long term solution. Honestly not sure what the answer is.
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The upstream determinants of addiction are the most important to address. A part of the solution is a robust and diverse education system that allows for children who come from dysfunctional families, learn the emotional and economic skills to become a functional adult.
Safe supply is only a downstream solution so the social impact is limited. That said, the benefit of which is more than offering a safe supply. It also offers an opportunity for intervention. Without safe injection sites the only intervention is criminal enforcement, which is 1. expensive, 2. not effective.