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Originally Posted by Acajack
Hearing that Health Canada is greenlighting cocaine production and sales in BC at the province's request.
Any thoughts or details?
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I recently read an Economist article (paywalled online) arguing for legalisation, and it did quite convincingly make the point that the current approach isn't working. Cocaine flows as freely as ever. If the gov't also sold crack legally, not just the high-end stuff, it might make a dent in the actual problems.
Government opiod shops are probably one answer to reduce deaths at least. Methheads screaming at you on the bus, maybe not so much.
Personally I've reached the apex of my frustration at encountering so many more of these people on transit nowadays, far more than you used to see. I don't know if a forced rehab scheme would work, but I've come round to the idea. Obviously not such a simple thing to introduce, but the current 'ignore them' approach isn't sustainable. At this point, I think a benevolent incarceration in rehab is preferable to waiting for the one overdose someone doesn't come back from.