Re:'Drug use is a health problem': inside one of the oldest ...
by chpatrick on Monday December 04, 2023 @09:28AM
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I think people often end up doing drugs rather than something else because they've fallen through the social safety net (if it even exists) and they don't have anything else to do.
Re:'Drug use is a health problem': inside one of the oldest ...
by beaeglebeach on Monday December 04, 2023 @09:45AM
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Drug use is primarily a problem of physics, and education on its effects. They feel great to the human brain, initially, for many drugs. And they can harm you too. Recognize nothing the government does will stop them, not even executing drug dealers nor decriminalization. Pandora's box is unleashed.
Re:'Drug use is a health problem': inside one of the oldest ...
by willsmith72 on Monday December 04, 2023 @09:29AM
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This is my problem with the Vancouver approach.
Great, it's decriminalised. People will no longer have a record, can get out of the loop easier.
But is anyone out there helping them? Otherwise, you're still getting nowhere
Re:'Drug use is a health problem': inside one of the oldest ...
by thomastjeffery on Monday December 04, 2023 @09:39AM
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What I keep hearing from Canadians is that the healthcare system is systemically underfunded. This problem is not exclusive to addicts.
Here in the US, we have a different version of the same problem.
That still leaves some closely related problems:
* black market drug sales
* people who would rather use drugs than do something else with their lives
* a society that fails to present more attractive opportunities (to every person) than using drugs
These problems need their own solutions. Some people think that criminalization is the solution to all of them. That solution has been tried in every extreme, and utterly failed every time.