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Sen. Walter Sobchak

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8. I am okay with this in an inpatient treatment setting

Reply to rug (Original post)

Wed Sep 21, 2016, 05:16 PM

Sep 2016

I am not okay with giving addicts a place to shoot-up and then just turning them back out to the street.

If West Coast cities don't get a handle on their junkies, you're going to have a whole lot of Rudy Giuliani clones in office from Vancouver to San Diego a decade from now.

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Seattle's new war on drugs: Giving heroin addicts 'safe sites' to shoot up [View all] rug Sep 2016 OP

Why the Fuck not maxsolomon Sep 2016 #1

Here's my comment over the concern of "enabling" haele Sep 2016 #2

And now get ready for the GWC58 Sep 2016 #4

Well, since they're only on the periphery of Seattle maxsolomon Sep 2016 #5

I abhor recreational drug use and agree with you completely etherealtruth Sep 2016 #7

Long over due. Eleanors38 Sep 2016 #3

Hamsterdam? nt Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2016 #6

I am okay with this in an inpatient treatment setting Sen. Walter Sobchak Sep 2016 #8

This is a good thing. Should happen in every city. jack_krass Sep 2016 #9

About damn time. roamer65 Sep 2016 #10

A great idea. This will save lives. NaturalHigh Sep 2016 #11

Good. We need to treat addiction like a health issue. Warren DeMontague Sep 2016 #12