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Originally Posted by curves2000
This story is a prime example of what some people who take a much more "lenient" approach to this problem never understand. These people who have serious addiction, mental health and other issues are also scary, threatening and a serious annoyance on regular people going about their lives. No doubt about it that the driver of the bus and a lot of passengers as well were also quite scared by the situation.
The people who are always demanding safe supply, safe injection sites, decriminalization etc never have an answer for how we reduce social disorder. How do we reduce that fear, annoyance and general decline of the area and of society in this regard?
For a lot of people, people who usually are not directly affected by these situations, it's always the same talking points Living in suburban homes, on quite, safe streets and nitpicking 30 km/h speed limit's to keep the area safe but are completely ok with the worst of the worst enacting carnage on the downtown streets and for residents, visitors and business owners to literally and figuratively deal with the sh**.
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Every safe injection site safe supply store is a chance at an intervention. It more than doubles the coverage to correct behaviors. Without these infostructures there are only limited and underfunded NGOs and an Already overworked police force. Safe injection et all is not in opposition to law and order it is another venue to monitor and intervene.