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Originally Posted by Bill Bumface
Are they doing anything besides this? I'm getting pretty burnt out on this stance.
"We'll happily do nothing else and let more and more people continue to live in abject misery, but at least we'll let them do it in a safe warm environment and make sure they live a bit longer".
No one seems to be actually proposing anything that is going to reverse the trends on addiction and homelessness. Like, try SOMETHING.
Maybe the BC Greens are proposing many more things, I'm ignorant. Just in general, this is the trend I'm seeing across the board, however.
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You're conflating two issues that are related but separate. Addiction rates in B.C. are declining as overdose deaths are increasing. Implementing expanded safe supply and potentially allowing compassion clubs to provide more options for safe consumption sites will reduce overdose deaths. Having more safe consumption sites should also help alleviate the issue of open-air drug use.
It takes time, but we are starting to see the fruits of some of these policies. The last BC Coroners report showed a decrease of 9% in overdose deaths from last year.
We've also seen a few pilot projects where giving people housing tends to help them get clean. This isn't even just that's been demonstrated in B.C. Finland has had a very successful housing program that has reduced homelessness and addiction there.