Shooting Up Legally

working with people who are injection dependent users will teach anyone that places like Insite are not only beneficial but are vital to saving lives.

i think if one of the drug addcts saw their friend o.d. they would be scared into trying to get clean. Thats sounds like it would be more effective than keeping these addicts alive just to die another day.

Death and disease are declining so it's time to pull the plug on the program? Great now Canada is turning into the US ...

This is doing nothing but rewarding negative traits & behaviour! They could spend their money in much more productive ways, A junkie or addict of any kind IS NOT going to stop untill they actually decide they want a life as a functioning member of the human race! It makes no difference if it is cocaine, opoids, or alcohol, When they
hit rock bottom enough & it is eitheir become a member
of society or a parasite, Then they have a decision, I have known & worked with enough junkies to know that
this program is only prolonging the inevitable.....DEATH! or BEATING the 'drug of your choice' I'm sure taxpayers fund this bullshit, IT WILL NOT DO ANYTHING BUT ENCOURAGE & PROLONG THE DAILY AGONY THEY CALL 'A LIFE' If you are going to throw money in a hole, Give them Mehadone
daily, Anything but this!!!!!!!

As nice as it is to give someone a safe place to inject these drugs it is still helping them kill themselves, just slower. These types of places should only be used in a controlled environment for recovering addicts. It still encourages the behavior. It's a nice concept though. I'm sure something to make it more effective in helping addicts in the long run will come about sooner or later.

Roger that!!!

The thing that seems to be escaping the so many peoples' understanding is that the centre is primarily a means to keep people from contracting HIV, Hep C and other IV contagions so common in the IV drug user community. Quitting is a noble hope for all addicts but quitting because you're dead isn't really quitting is it?

There is counciling available at the centre to help with kicking but for those who aren't willing or able to quit they can at least get some solace in that the chances of them getting a fatal illness from a dirty rig is greatly reduced. It's harm reduction plain and simple.

...and of course the monster in the middle of the room that nobody talks about on this clip is that Hep C and the other communicable diseases spread by dirty needle use find their way into the general population from these addicts. People don't like to admit that little Johnny or little Suzie sometimes head downtown after a day in high school or college for a little walk on the wild side...and come home with more than a new tattoo.

Believe it or not many of these people also engage in unprotected sex...with partners who also sometimes wander in and out of the downtown area and engage in unprotected sex with others...

Bottom line, this is not at ALL just about the health of the junkies.

And maybe I am just naive, but I am hard-pressed to be the one who sits in judgment of the value of each day of that junkies' life while the "inevitable" is delayed. Yes, that lifestyle creates feelings of horror in ME...

Addiction doesn't respond to logic. Watching a friend die, getting a disease, and almost OD doesn't make someone quit. It's for the sake of all of us we hand out things that will prevent the spread of disease... Giving out condoms doesn't make people have sex, same thing works for needles.

New york has a proposal to open a injection facility.

they need to hire some vigilante doctors who perform a little slight of hand so these people inject a full dose of ibogaine into the hurt bodies. woops! my bad...go hang out in the chill out room. here's a bag for your vomit : )

I'm sorry folks, But i have beat a hard-corp opoid addiction caused when was injured in the Corps,
I went down a long hard road untill i decided this shit
was not as strong as ME & MY USMC CREED!!! I wasted
years of my life & thousands upon thousands of dollars, I was a functioning addict..As much as one can be. I was from a very respectable family, Had served my country well in the U.S.M.C., People who cared for me
the whole thing basically! But i had a monkey on my back
& that damn monkey wore a tuxedo & ate caviar! So much money & life wasted..The bottom line is these people in this film do not want to become functioning citizens, They want to suck the government tit & if some idiot liberals are stupid enough to encourage their negative behaviour& SUPPLY THEM WITH ALL OF THESE THINGS they will ride this pony to the dirt! Counseling available my ass! They don't want to hear your counselors, They want the free, clean rigs & facilities to 'fix' unhindered by Police,Cool in the summer
and warm in the winter, Making it more enjoyable is what this is accomplishing.
This what you misguided folks provide them! They get high & see ya' till the next round. Just another huge waste of funds.
Take the money being wasted on this & help people
who are getting layed-off & fired daily because of obamas "restructuring". These addicts will draw a government check untill they O'D or livers quit,etc,etc,
You CANNOT help those unwilling to accept help or
change their lifes!!!

From an addicts standpoint this is going too far. Its sick. Needle exchange is one thing but this is just enabling people to stay sick. Do not make it comfy and safe for these addicts. You cannot save everyone. There will be casualties.

What is with all of these so called addicts, that think they have it all figured out? I am an addict also.I have been clean for many years. I also have hiv and hep c, and hep b.I see sick addicts all of the time.by sick I mean carrying deadly viruses. Do you think that all of those addicts are tuff like you people?Do you think they are all honest? Do you think that our schools and government do enough to teach our young children what to avoid and how to protect themselves in a situation that might expose them to a health risk?Wake up. As long as diseases such as addiction are around , diseases like aids and hep c will always be invited along for the ride.

I am very sorry to hear that your health situation, SIJ. That is a heavy, heavy load to carry. I have never "shot up," but I have chronic rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, anemia, sleep apnea, ocpd, and frequent ulcers -- so I can at least relate to the difficulty of carving a life out of feeling crappy most of the time (and sometimes ALL of the time for days in a row. A sense of humor about myself and the world, coupled with a great deal of patience have long been my sword and shield. People who have never really suffered ill health seldom understand what it does to your life. But then, maybe that is what WE are here for...peace.

"ok hunnie I'm going down to the suringe bar for a few injects. be home for dinner"

I don't think this idea is so good, it just enables them to use freely? They should die, if they don't quit, otherwise more addicts are going to start up? I am an ex-addict myself for the past 25 years on Heroin. I know it just helps addicts and they will stay addicts longer because of this free place to use drugs. I think it's kinda ridicoulous if you ask me????

These people are addicts, addicted, run by, sick with. Addiction is an illness. I'm sure if they could just stop, they would. Drug addicts cannot stop, that is why drug addiction is so sad, any addiction for that matter. You can't just say you could use your money better, just stop doing drugs and get a job, its just not that easy. This facility is like giving condoms to high school kids. They are going to have sex, so make it safe!

Can understand why people would have some concerns however when you look at the big picture i would say that some folk from east end of glasgow could use something like this to help deal with the drug problem HOWEVER it is defo not the answer

cold turkey is the way ? but they are so many weak ones they need a road they can walk safe , and this is the ansewer to there prayers ? i am a recovering alcohoic these past 17 years , and with the grace of god ? ...i go
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I think that this is a good thing. Clean needles means clean people. The help is there if they want it. And they will be cared for. I think this is a positive thing to be doing and there should be more of these kinds of things happening throughout the world.