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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
While I see what you’re saying, I don’t think it’s particularly fair, and I don’t think it’s helpful to maintain the ideological “either/or” of having to choose between safe supply/injection/decriminalization and more serious enforcement of dangerous or violent crimes.
I’ve said before, but the fact that people see this as a one side vs the other issue is what perpetuates the problem. The reality is that people who want the things you mentioned do have answers, but like anything that will actually fix this problem, they are expensive and resource-intensive answers, and if there’s one thing people hate more than drug addicts and homeless people, it’s significantly higher taxes.
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I am a big believer in us taking an extreme approach across the board to solving this issue. Like extreme. It won't ever happen cause I don't think anybody wants to actually deal with the issue.
When I mean extreme, I mean extreme. We can have all the addiction help, injection sites, decriminalization of hard drugs, safe supply counseling etc. We can also have ruthless enforcement of the law, significant prison sentences and forced treatment as well. We can than ramp up investigations on drug dealers, corrupt boarder guards who allow large volume of drugs to enter the country and than start dealing with the people in power who allow this to continue at the expense of law obeying people.
I have said it before and I will say it again, this level of social disorder that we have allowed to occur is not that normal in a lot of countries. Everywhere has problems but our's are magnified and EXPENSIVE. Our goal should be to reduce and get as close as possible of eradicating drug and addiction related issues. It's a cancer and it's spreading to every aspect of our lives.