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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Safe havens should be in non-residential areas where they can be monitored by protection services and where they can provide addiction and mental health services to those who need it.
@B3BYHVR2mos2MO
#1 Engaged Healthcare #2 Engaged Safe Haven
Why non-residental?
Just curious as to why you think it should be excluded from residential areas
@B4F8RDG2wks2W
no but i do think there should be a place they can go free charge were they can get help with this addiction
@8ZW3F4L3yrs3Y
i think increasing rehab efforts is a better way on the illegal drug problem
@8Z3Q5FB3yrs3Y
Yes, but it should be treated as a thing to eventually have the people going there stop, not continue. and people that are not addicted should either not be allowed in or heavily supervised-
@8YV757X3yrs3Y
yes they should be able to have a safe haven as long as it is not near a school or elderly home. it needs to be built somewhere so that everyone is safe.
@8YNQVNV3yrs3Y
no nobody should be doing drugs
@8WQV464Conservative3yrs3Y
only if people are already addicted
@8VSRXH24yrs4Y
Invest more in treatment centres
No fund more rehabilitation centers for free
@8PGY87J4yrs4Y
yes, this is necessary to reduce the drug overdose death rate as long as these centres are gradually working on helping users quit in the long run
@99SZGY92yrs2Y
Yes, but with legal drugs and supervision of medical professionals.
@986X6VC2yrs2Y
no because your just encouraging people to do drugs because they think"oh nothing bad will happen" then there having bad withdraws when they wanna stop and cant stop because they got so hooked after they kept on doing them and whenever something bad happen they just kept using because they were helped after something that shoulda killed them didn't then they wanna do it again because there so addicted and think they can handle it
@8YNQWJ53yrs3Y
yes but they should also help them get weaned off of drugs
@8V4BMLW4yrs4Y
Remove them out of town, out of reach of drugs, to a facility that can detox them and get them addiction help without making non addicts feel uncomfortable and unsafe just walking down the street.
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