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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Many people own property next to low income, government-sponsored, and at-risk housing complexes and don’t even know or notice. They exist all over Calgary.
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Very true, but those are also very different than Safe-Injection sites or a drop in center.
Also, going back to that topic, I think it makes sense to have those centrally located as it consolidates resources in a smaller geographical area. I havent done a deep-dive or anything, but it just seems like its more efficient having the DIC a stone's throw from the Chumir for example.
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Originally Posted by Derek Sutton
Yes, they're afraid of being randomly attacked by meth heads and cr@ck wh0res!!
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I know you're saying that in jest, but...you're not wrong.
And its not even just that, I'm far from some kind of recovery expert, but I'd postulate that if you took an individual with the greatest of intentions of kicking the sauce or the needle and plunked them into an environment where they're pretty literally surrounded by their vices, slather a crapload of 'free time' and boredom with a side of harassment on top of it....how likely do you think that individual is to be able to stick to it?
I know that the Public Housing and shelters are supposed to be 'Drug Free.' So is Prison. Guess what...its all still there.
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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
BC Housing releases reports a year or two after the opening of their Rapid Response to Homelessness complexes and are about as positive as you can expect. Nobody is saying this is a “silver bullet” (and I can’t believe how many times it needs to be repeated that there isn’t a silver bullet, that this requires a comprehensive approach, but if people want to keep repeating themselves I’m fine to continue as well) but this is one “bullet in the chamber” of an effective solution, if that’s the kind of analogy you want to go with.
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This is something I take exception to.
Everyone knows that 'Silver Bullets' are just for killing Werewolves, I think its disingenuous to paint the homeless and addicted population with the brush of comparing them to Werewolves.
They are a lot of things, but that seems like its just going too far!
Not to mention, hunting homeless people with silver ammunition seems like a damned expensive hobby and I just think we could re-allocate our 'precious metal ammo' budget to something a little more efficient and effective.
Perhaps you meant to be discussing 'Magic Bullets?' In which case you might be hunting Wizards?
Anyhow, we just might be digressing from the point a little.
