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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
What proportion of alcohol users have repeated interactions with police and emergency rooms vs the proportion of opioid users? How many suffer near-lethal overdoses again and again?
The hands-off, offer voluntary services, and do no harm approach to lethal drugs pioneered in North America over the last 15 years has failed. It has failed addicts, it has failed our health system, and it has failed the public.
Addressing root causes sounds nice. But remedy for this sort of social distress takes decades and generations. In the meantime, first responders and emergency care are in crisis, the electorate doesn’t feel safe or comfortable in public spaces, and street drug users are dying at unprecedented rates. Wishing even harder that addicts entered voluntary treatment and making pledges to address inequality aren’t going to cut it.
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