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Originally Posted by loramin
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Again, no addict has ever thought "I'm out of clean needles, guess I'll stop being an addict". Maybe in fantasy land closing clean needle clinics makes people stop being addicts, but in reality the simple truth is that addicts are going to be addicts with or without needle clinics. The ONLY difference the clinics make is in determining whether those addicts get diseases.
Please, show me ANY evidence that clinics result in higher addiction rates, or that eliminating them reduces addiction. If you can it genuinely might change my opinion and make me believe you.
I won't hold my breath though, as whatever you find would have to contradict both the World Health Organization and the American Medical Association ...
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you ignored my questions, but it is obvious that addiction breeds suffering and safe injection sites subsidize addiction. im not interested in providing evidence for claims i haven't made or endorsed. the issue is in promoting addiction and selling it as such something praiseworthy because they are unwilling to sacrifice anything to actually solve the problem.
since you enjoy mischaracterizing arguments with bogus analogies, what you are effectively saying is, "well, I don't understand or give a shit about how these people or their families or friends feel and therefore have no interest in actually remedying their situation, so I'll just do "what i
can" to ensure this particular misery endures while pretending I've furnished aid, elevating my own sense of self worth and superiority in doing so."
this is actually the reason why i respect barkingturtle's position on veganism even though i dont entirely agree with it. he actually changes the world for affected individuals. He sacrifices his time and resources to provide a better life for them rather than delivering organic chicken feed to slaughter houses or writing a $20 check for someone else to do it.
i guess another way of looking at the issue of safe injection sites is providing clean saws and medical aid to people who enjoy removing their own limbs. At least they won't get infection or die!