Re: Bad reporting Hazards to Homeless article

On Sun, 14 Apr 2024 17:09:42 -0700
The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:

On Sun, 14 Apr 2024 11:58:16 -0400, Rhino
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I don't know what good solutions exist or even if there ARE any good
solutions. The documentary I saw on safe supply which showed it
caused many negative consequences, especially making increasingly
younger children junkies, made me strongly oppose that approach. I
resent like hell seeing public money being spent on people who
contribute nothing to society and who use the money we give them to
get and stay high while everyone else works their asses off to let
them live that lifestyle. This profoundly undermines society as a
whole by giving too many people the idea that it is just fine to get
high all the time at public expense.  

 
Well one thing for sure - my meds cost me roughly $150-200 / month
beyond what the medical system pays for (I haven't filed my taxes yet
to have the complete number for 2023 - but Canadian income taxes
aren't due till 04/30 so no panic yet) so I tend to react extremely
badly when I hear of these folks getting non-prescription drugs for $
0.00 given what I'm paying and I'm well aware what I do pay is well
below US rates for the same medications
 
As a taxpayer I'm happy to pay big bucks to get those who want to get
clean clean, but I bitterly resent.paying a nickel for support
services for those who just want to go on getting high day after day
until the music finally stops.
 
It's not as if I obtain pleasure from doing the ones I do (all of
which are prescribed by a GP or specialist) after all and its
certainly not something I do for fun. (My cache is literally arms'
reach from my monitor with the only non-prescribed drugs there being
tylenol and some vitamins)

Did you see the documentary Canada is Dying on YouTube?
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=canada+is+dying [1 hr, 23
minutes]

A lot of it is focused on Vancouver where the presenter seems to be
based, although I think the title is based on "Seattle Is Dying".
Anyway, the presenter shows that safe consumption sites are much more
of a problem than a blessing. Apparently, anyone can go to a doctor,
say "I have an addiction problem" and the doctor will write them a free
prescription for something that is supposed to mitigate drug addiction,
like methadone or dilaudid. The self-declared addict goes to the
pharmacy, leaves with his free prescription, then sells or trades his
free drugs, often to middle school kids (or YOUNGER!), for the stronger
stuff he actually wants, then gets high on that. Meanwhile, the kids
who bought his "dillies" soon find that they aren't strong enough and
start looking for harder stuff, amplifying the addiction cycle even
farther. This is some horribly warped nonsense!!

The documentary pointed out that Danielle Smith is trying some far more
plausible stuff in Alberta. Definitely worth checking out!

--
Rhino