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[–] can@sh.itjust.works 32 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Because a lack if clean needles is not going to stop them.

[–] SirAramis@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

And then it’s going to put more pressure on the medical system to take care of them. This is dumb.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Exactly! It's so short sighted.

[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 1 points 1 month ago

Ford's policies make it clear that he clings to the outmoded view that addiction is a moral failing and can be stopped by strength of will alone. He'd rather feel superior than save lives.

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 month ago

Because he is a criminal who is directly responsible for the death of countless people during the start of COVID?

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

This nonsense with safe injection sites, politicians interfering with patent care, and the push for "involuntary treatment" in BC makes me think that the brief era of "science-based policy" where empirical data trump public ignorance is coming to a crashing end.