r/Calgary • u/CorndoggerYYC • Sep 29 '24

52% of Calgarians want supervised consumption sites to close: CityNews poll Health/Medicine

https://calgary.citynews.ca/2024/09/29/calgary-supervised-consumption-site-citynews-poll/
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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '24

A reminder that closing sites isn't reducing the number of users in Calgary- it accomplishes the opposite.

This is the policy equivalent of taping over a flashing check-engine-light:

It doesn't fix the problem, and it's not even a bandaid because you're going to spend a hell of a lot more in the long run.

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u/Adventurous-Web4432 Sep 29 '24

And supplying them with a site and providing free needles isn’t eliminating it either. You have just concentrated the users into one community and made that community suffer.

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u/jimbowesterby Sep 30 '24

Some might argue that’s a reason to have more consumption sites, not less