Then you are twisting it to be something it’s not. I don’t want people shooting up in playgrounds or bus stops either, but creating laws to make these people into criminals is not how you get there. This is why I support supervised consumption which should come first, then make laws outlawing use in these other areas. They need a place to go first- a place that isn’t jail or a coffin.

Making it illegal to consume in any place will push them to the fringes. I can’t tell you how they see a playground different than a school ground - and I 100% do not want stray needles and syring out people in playgrounds but that is a separate issue- but I do know that giving a person fewer places to feel safe isn’t going to benefit them or encourage them to seek help. Prohibition laws only hurt society and those who are the most vulnerable in it.

If we give people a safe space, a safe supply, and unlimited mental health resources then they won’t use in playgrounds or bus stops anymore- problem solved with zero imprisonment and zero jail deaths.

Because pushing addicts to the fringes gets them killed, like the article says, but it also unnecessarily puts them in police crosshairs. They don’t deserve to go to jail because they can’t afford a home to do their drugs in like the white-collar addicts and they don’t deserve to die because no one cares that they OD’d.

If you want to see addicts off the streets and out of the playgrounds then support consumption sights, safe supply, and enhanced rehabilitation that includes medically supervised detox and psychiatry.

I love rocking a bowtie at work, it’s a cute way to spice up my blouse and slacks… Thanks Doctor Matt?

As someone who has to pay back half of my COVID relief but so many rich people and corporations don’t- I feel this deep in my black soul.

$7000 on top of my student loans👍

If it makes you feel any better, we’ve been doing for like my entire life. Pretty sure a lot of us grew up with our parents watching Unsolved Mysteries.

I just checked and it’s illegal in Canada. That makes me happy and sad.

I would love a co op

Correct, but only one mountain can be climbed at a time. We have more reliable food sources than housing sources right now.

Those rentals should be a social project not a profit driven one.

I said achieve wealth. These people aren’t generating large amounts of personal wealth by withholding a basic human right from someone

Choosing to use a basic human right as a form of income is scummy. All landlords are scum, whether they are rich or not.

You should never achieve wealth by the oppression of someone else. Housing is a human right, not a salary.

Rentals should be socialized, not owned by corporations or private citizens.

I feel like you watched me grow up. For a long time I was smart enough to pick things up naturally, I was even offered to skip grades.

Then the math got complicated and I didn’t know how to learn it. I went from being the smart kid to being the stupid one in remedial math. Being smart was all I had at that point, so when I “lost” that, I lost everything in my eyes. I was stupid and I was never going to be anything because of it.

I ended up getting my GED as an adult and I now have a promising career in insurance- so I didn’t really lose everything, but when I was 15 it sure felt like I had.