In 2018, officials in the U.S. city of Philadelphia city proposed opening a “safe haven” in an effort to combat the city's heroin epidemic. In 2016 64,070 people died in the U.S. from drug overdoses - a 21% increase from 2015. 3/4 of drug overdose deaths in the U.S. are caused by the opioid class of drugs which includes prescription painkillers, heroin and fentanyl. To combat the epidemic cities including Vancouver, BC and Sydney, AUS opened safe havens where addicts can inject drugs under the supervision of medical professionals. The safe havens reduce the overdose death…
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@B4H5T5Z1wk1W
There should be housing where a numbers of addicted live together and doctors give the drugs on a schedule along with mental health care and educational programs and other programs. Then slowly reduce the drugs until the addiction is in remission and the addict becomes a full functional person.
@8VRZ9854yrs4Y
Give more funding to rehab centers to provide tools to help people get clean
@8TD5TJZ4yrs4Y
Yes but under very strict conditions
@8QBY2Q54yrs4Y
Only if the purpose of it is to sober them up
@8PZND2G4yrs4Y
Yes but as long as the goal is to slowly help them out of addiction and rehabilitate them into society
@8K222LS4yrs4Y
yes this has worked before and the addicts should receive help and financial guidance and people need to be ensured to be addicts to use the safe haven
@8DTHXQW5yrs5Y
I don't use drugs but I think drugs should be legalized, it will actually reduce drug use.
@99PNYRM2yrs2Y
No, we need more rehabilitation access for addicts to get the help they need to not be addicts. We need more social programs as preventative measures for at risk families
@99PMZC6Conservative2yrs2Y
Yes, but not in the city or right down town. These sites also have people to assist with mental health
@995727X2yrs2Y
yes but they will have to go drug meetings to help them stop
@8VMT7Z64yrs4Y
Yes but they bring their own drugs that are then tested prior to injection. No free drugs should be provided.
@B4PXQW5New Democratic1 day1D
Yes - however we should limit the amount of these clinics that are opened and continue to fund rehabilitation for addicted individuals/rehab centers.
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