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  • That's because they're only one part of a whole solution. The issue was never the drugs themselves. The reasons people get addicted to drugs are largely systemic in nature. Systemic solutions for systemic problems.

    I should lay out that I believe in housing as a basic human right and think that everyone is entitled to a safe and warm place to sleep. But even when arguing from a practical standpoint it's next to impossible to find a job that will hire a person with no address and possibly no government ID (need an address to get documents!). For people to even have the chance to turn their lives around they NEED a personal living space to store their belongings. Doesn't even need to be any more complex than a hotel room.

    I understand the frustrations with safe consumption sites, but they are realistically solvable, and the only reason we haven't solved them is because all these politicians are too myopic to realize the long-term benefits of actually helping our communities. They do provide a real service with the guarantee of medical staff on hand and 100% pure doses that won't instantly kill you. The problem is that without all the other things in place they look very silly.

  • Ah yes, dopamine. The pop science final boss. Neurotransmitters are way more complex than this... Dopamine is responsible for some functions to do with the brains reward systems, but definitely not all, and it has LOTS of other functions in the brain and body.