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Originally Posted by jayswin
Yeah, the way Mr. Coffee worded it was weird. It also sounds like he's attributing the 14000 deaths to the decrimalization of drugs. I mean, maybe some? If anything I'd imagine pushing people away from the public would lead to more deaths as drug addicts rely on being visible when they OD to get help (that's why many shoot up close to high foot traffic areas).
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Yeah I didn’t: don’t mean it like that. I agree the deaths are not entirely attributable to decriminalization. I just reported the stat that CBC used in their article and I do think those deaths are more numerous with decriminalization.
I guess ultimately my question would be, to what extent does making it illegal stop deaths from drug use? If it is any at all, then it’s worth making illegal.
But to more clearly articulate my position, I believe Canada needs to do what seems to have worked and that is mirror Portugal’s policy. I’ve said this for awhile now. I don’t understand how a country has made huge strides and then we don’t think we should just copy that model, and part of that model involves some level of arrest / incarceration to get people clean
and then put in way more resources into rehab and detoxification and therapy and training for jobs, etc.
Not just arrest and then fire them back out on the street after a few hours, as if that will do anything effective.