Why woulf u make a safe place for ppl to shoot up with heroin they know what that drug can do to them and the outcome of it they choose to continue doing so let them ultimately kill themselves or get the help they need dont make a place for them to bring their illegal drugs to and use in a public building for that matter but ppl cant smoke weed in public this country is bullshit
Nancy - 7 years ago
so your friend/family members goes to one of these "safe" places & od's hey, lets sue, cuz yanno, it was supposed to be safe place; GIVE ME A FREAKING BREAK!!!! Stop coddling everyone!!!!! & we wonder how we got where we are....
Meghan - 7 years ago
I'm a current active heroin addict and I even think this is crazy. Giving people a safe place to continue to abuse the drug and continue to kill them selves.
Understandably an addict will only get help when ready but if it's comfortable to get high why get help?! Enabling is what I see in this situation.
Will there be rehab services available in these 'safe place'?
Insurance readily available for those who don't have it?
Daycare for mothers while they're high in their 'safe place'
I don't need a safe place to get high. I need help without being told you need to try outpatient first.
I need insurance that'll cover more than 2 weeks. I need guidance and support and love.
Matthew Lamia - 7 years ago
100 years ago Heroin was available in Sears Catalogs. In 100 years all the money spent to control this medical problem has done nothing to slow down the spread of this problem. Tax payer $$ has been wasted on this WAR on drugs. The number of deaths due to fentanyl in illegal drugs is of the scale. The crimes that the illegal drug costs create, the prison beds needed would be drastically reduced, more than offsetting the costs involved in this proposal. It is the best idea I have heard in a very long time and a step in the direction of addressing this disease.
I speak from experience; having been addicted to heroin until 34 years ago.....All the laws did was force me into behaviors I'm not proud of. After 10 years of living clean and raising my son I dedicated the remainder of my work life to counseling. Harm reduction is not the ideal solution to this disease, but abstinence is impossible for some addicts so this proposal offers the opportunity to stem the deaths we have been experiencing and possibly offers the opportunity to engage with the addict in educational conversation on the avenues available to attain long term abstinence.
Anyone that says this is a waste of $$ should honestly ask themselves how much money they would be willing to invest in this proposal if it was their child.
Thank you for this opportunity to voice my opinion. In closing I suggest that America look at the drug related crime rates of countries that have chosen to use medical regulation rather than criminalization to address this issue.
Matthew Lamia
Gary Fishlock - 7 years ago
Tax payers $$, being used to enable continued drug use vs. rehabilitation. A nutty proposition, hopefully it will never move forward.
Why woulf u make a safe place for ppl to shoot up with heroin they know what that drug can do to them and the outcome of it they choose to continue doing so let them ultimately kill themselves or get the help they need dont make a place for them to bring their illegal drugs to and use in a public building for that matter but ppl cant smoke weed in public this country is bullshit
so your friend/family members goes to one of these "safe" places & od's hey, lets sue, cuz yanno, it was supposed to be safe place; GIVE ME A FREAKING BREAK!!!! Stop coddling everyone!!!!! & we wonder how we got where we are....
I'm a current active heroin addict and I even think this is crazy. Giving people a safe place to continue to abuse the drug and continue to kill them selves.
Understandably an addict will only get help when ready but if it's comfortable to get high why get help?! Enabling is what I see in this situation.
Will there be rehab services available in these 'safe place'?
Insurance readily available for those who don't have it?
Daycare for mothers while they're high in their 'safe place'
I don't need a safe place to get high. I need help without being told you need to try outpatient first.
I need insurance that'll cover more than 2 weeks. I need guidance and support and love.
100 years ago Heroin was available in Sears Catalogs. In 100 years all the money spent to control this medical problem has done nothing to slow down the spread of this problem. Tax payer $$ has been wasted on this WAR on drugs. The number of deaths due to fentanyl in illegal drugs is of the scale. The crimes that the illegal drug costs create, the prison beds needed would be drastically reduced, more than offsetting the costs involved in this proposal. It is the best idea I have heard in a very long time and a step in the direction of addressing this disease.
I speak from experience; having been addicted to heroin until 34 years ago.....All the laws did was force me into behaviors I'm not proud of. After 10 years of living clean and raising my son I dedicated the remainder of my work life to counseling. Harm reduction is not the ideal solution to this disease, but abstinence is impossible for some addicts so this proposal offers the opportunity to stem the deaths we have been experiencing and possibly offers the opportunity to engage with the addict in educational conversation on the avenues available to attain long term abstinence.
Anyone that says this is a waste of $$ should honestly ask themselves how much money they would be willing to invest in this proposal if it was their child.
Thank you for this opportunity to voice my opinion. In closing I suggest that America look at the drug related crime rates of countries that have chosen to use medical regulation rather than criminalization to address this issue.
Matthew Lamia
Tax payers $$, being used to enable continued drug use vs. rehabilitation. A nutty proposition, hopefully it will never move forward.