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Related: About this forumCanadian police chiefs want possession of drugs for personal use to be decriminalized. Being an
addict should not be a crime. Police should be free to focus in organized crime instead.
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Canadian police chiefs want possession of drugs for personal use to be decriminalized. Being an (Original Post)
applegrove
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samnsara
(18,740 posts)1. i like that idea! maybe a special Social Service unit of the Police....
...unarmed
applegrove
(131,052 posts)2. Yes. And people not afraid to get help. People want to live. When ottawa
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started its safe injection site in the market downtown the opioid users from the suburbs went there. Chiefs of police want it looked at as a healthcare issue and people streamed to those experts.
yonder
(10,264 posts)3. This is certainly a move in the right direction.
