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Should cities open drug “safe havens” where people who are addicted to illegal drugs can use them under the supervision of medical professionals?

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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 @B4H5T5Zfrom Alberta  answered…1wk1W

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.

 @8VRZ985from Alberta  answered…4yrs4Y

Give more funding to rehab centers to provide tools to help people get clean

 @8TD5TJZfrom Alberta  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes but under very strict conditions

 @8QBY2Q5from Alberta  answered…4yrs4Y

Only if the purpose of it is to sober them up

 @8PZND2Gfrom Alberta  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes but as long as the goal is to slowly help them out of addiction and rehabilitate them into society

 @8K222LSfrom Alberta  answered…4yrs4Y

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

 @8DTHXQWfrom Alberta  answered…5yrs5Y

I don't use drugs but I think drugs should be legalized, it will actually reduce drug use.

 @99PNYRMfrom Alberta  answered…2yrs2Y

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

 @99PMZC6Conservativefrom Alberta  answered…2yrs2Y

Yes, but not in the city or right down town. These sites also have people to assist with mental health

 @995727Xfrom Alberta  answered…2yrs2Y

yes but they will have to go drug meetings to help them stop

 @8VMT7Z6from Alberta  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes but they bring their own drugs that are then tested prior to injection. No free drugs should be provided.

 @B4PXQW5New Democraticfrom Alberta  answered…1 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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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…5mos5MO

Kamala Harris is considering running for president again in 2028

Kamala Harris has been lying low since her defeat in the presidential race, unwinding with family and senior aides in Hawaii before heading back to the nation’s capital.But privately, the vice president has been instructing advisers and allies to keep her options open — whether for a possible 2028 presidential run, or even to run for governor in her home state of California in two years. As Harris has repeated in phone calls, “I am staying in the fight.”She is expected to explore those and other possible paths forward with family members over the winter holiday season, according to five people in the Harris inner circle, who were granted anonymity to discuss internal dynamics. Her deliberations follow an extraordinary four months in which Harris went from President Joe Biden’s running mate to the top of the ticket, reenergizing Democrats before ultimately crashing on election night.“She doesn’t have to decide if she wants to run for something again in the next six months,” said one former Harris campaign aide. “The natural thing to do would be to set up some type of entity that would give her the opportunity to travel and give speeches and preserve her political relationships.”“She doesn’t have to decide if she wants to run for something again in the next six months,” said one former Harris campaign aide. “The natural thing to do would be to set up some type of entity that would give her the opportunity to travel and give speeches and preserve her political relationships.”Harris concedes: 'We must accept the results of this election'SharePlay VideoMost immediately, Harris and her advisers are working to define how and when she will speak out against Donald Trump and reassert her own role in the Democratic Party. Closing out her term as vice president, she’s set to preside over certifying the November election she lost to Trump, and then appear at the once-and-future president’s inauguration on Jan. 20.“There will be a desire to hear her voice, and there won’t be a vacuum for long,” a person close to Harris said.At the same time, Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, will have a long checklist to plow through before they leave the Naval Observatory for good.They have to decide whether they’ll take up permanent residence at their home in Los Angeles, or establish a base elsewhere. No matter where Harris and her family live, some around her have expressed concerns about safety, as her Secret Service protection expires six months after stepping away.

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