• Kekzkrieger@feddit.org
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    2 days ago

    Drug use room work, ive recently seen a documentary about one in Switzerland and they give people the possibility to consume safely.

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      23 hours ago

      … with a panic button and much greater access to addiction resources.

      If there are 10 steps to turning a homeless person into a housed, working taxpayer, this is like step 2.

      Canada has failed to move to step 3 because “just arrest those leeches” is the position of half our society.

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      We had some in my state and they were all closed down to to crimes like fighting and people setting up camp basically at or around the place

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        As mentioned before in this thread, that is because the rooms themselves aren’t sufficient, investment in social care involved with the operation of them is as important.