Re:To revive Portland, officials seek to ban public drug use
by anon291 on Monday December 11, 2023 @07:49PM
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> While I don't want to go back to locking people in jail just for being addict
Why? These people are ruining kids lives and making people not want to live in dense cities, making the climate crisis worse. The benefit we get with them ODing on the street in the name of civil rights is easily overshadowed by the benefit of making cities attractive, dense urban areas liveable, and preventing the ODs by having these individuals receive medical care in jail.
Jail seems like the most compassionate, utilitarian option and also the one to suit the tastes of more conservatively minded people. It should be a bipartisan consensus.
Why? These people are ruining kids lives and making people not want to live in dense cities, making the climate crisis worse. The benefit we get with them ODing on the street in the name of civil rights is easily overshadowed by the benefit of making cities attractive, dense urban areas liveable, and preventing the ODs by having these individuals receive medical care in jail.
Jail seems like the most compassionate, utilitarian option and also the one to suit the tastes of more conservatively minded people. It should be a bipartisan consensus.