Could this signal the end of the "war on drugs"?

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    Drugs are bad.
    Drugs are illegal.
    Here's a nice place you can use your bad, illegal drugs.

    Seems to me, that they're sending a mixed message.

    Who is going to fund this idea?
     

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    Yeah, I know...

    According to the article, the prosecutor won't charge people using drugs at the "safe site". I wonder if that will make it harder to prosecute other drug charges?
     

    JettaKnight

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    On one hand, I can see how minimizing the social impact of spreading disease can be good. Spend a couple of bucks for govt opium dens, save beaucoup bucks on the costs of ER visits and firefighters on narcan runs and hepatitis medicine....


    On the other hand, there's a serious stigma attached to an opium den in your home town.


    It's a bit of a mixed message, but I can't see how having this make heroin attractive. But then again, I don't fit the profile of a junkie, so I can't say for sure.



    Maybe a poll, "On a scale of 1 to 5, 1 being negative influence, 3 being no influence, and 5 be positively influence; Does having a government run opium den make using heroin more attractive to you?"


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    Well, it does round up all the druggies into one spot so they can hear about Jesus...
     

    Leadeye

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    The various divisions of the legal branch of Drugs Inc. compete for funds, here you see the assistance division claiming that they can do a better job by helping the drug users than the incarceration division can do enforcing the law. I think though that the usual result will be that all three divisions, assistance, management, and incarceration will get more tax money. It's a successful business model, the big losers are the addicts and next are the taxpayers.
     

    rkwhyte2

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    I'm reminded of the show "The Wire" when the cops setup an area for the dealers to sell their product (They called it Hamsterdam). In the end it wasn't a good idea for the dealers or the cops.
     
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