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Originally Posted by Russic
Also important to note that the injection sites also exist as a place for the addicts to find help should they want to take a step towards becoming clean. Addiction carries a cost for society that can last generations, so anybody standing in front of proven methods like this is fiscally brain-dead.
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That's just it.
Addicts exist more than amongst the homeless.
The literature suggests 70% of overdoses happen outside of downtown. There needs to be addiction treatment facilities, resources, etc located outside of downtown.
The attitude of locating the injection sites down among the homeless because that can get other help, because we keep all the resources in one place only:
A) ignores the factsj and
B) empowers the NIMBYs