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Originally Posted by DiracSpike
I’m utterly baffled that anyone can look at what’s been going on in the city and what’s happening in cities that are pushing this harm reduction/safe supply garbage even harder like SF Portland and van and not realize that it’s a complete and total failure. It sounded good ten years ago to some egghead academics and the people that make policy decisions purely off of how it makes them feel, but the real world evidence has conclusively proved that it only makes the situation worse. In Europe it’s staggering to see the complete lack of junkies vs seeing roving packs of dozens of them every day in downtown Calgary.
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it's worked in other countries that combine it with significant support for recovery.
I would suggest that most solutions that work in the EU would never work in the US as the US doesn't provide the social programs that underpin any policy decisions.