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Originally Posted by blankall
The biggest issue is that the whole safe supply program relies on the fact that people care about their own health more than getting as high as possible. If you give someone safe supply, what's to stop them from getting more drugs afterwards. What about the people who sell the safe supply drugs and use that money to buy cheaper and stronger drugs.
With Fentanyl being readily available, the whole safe supply thing kind of goes out the window. People aren't looking for a safe supply of pure heroin anymore. They are looking for an ultra deadly drug that is many times more powerful than heroin.
Safe supply could work for somewhat functional addicts who are using heroin, or lesser opiates, long term but not looking to spiral into the depth of fentanyl. I'm not sure how big of a group those people are. That group would also seem somewhat amenable to actual treatment.
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I think this is a pretty uneducated or based on a limited stereotype take on these programs and addiction in general. I recommend reading this, which contains actual quotes from actual addicts and their experience with these programs. It might not change your mind, and it doesn’t bring up some issues with the programs addicts themselves had, but you’ll at least have some insight into these people instead of having to imagine what kind of things they might think or do:
https://harmreductionjournal.biomedc...54-023-00776-z