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Should cities open drug “safe havens” where people who are addicted to illegal drugs can use them under the supervision of medical professionals?

In 2018, officials in the U.S. city of Philadelphia city proposed opening a “safe haven” in an effort to combat the city's heroin epidemic. In 2016 64,070 people died in the U.S. from drug overdoses - a 21% increase from 2015. 3/4 of drug overdose deaths in the U.S. are caused by the opioid class of drugs which includes prescription painkillers, heroin and fentanyl. To combat the epidemic cities including Vancouver, BC and Sydney, AUS opened safe havens where addicts can inject drugs under the supervision of medical professionals. The safe havens reduce the overdose death…  

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Response rates from 626 Toronto 56 voters.

55%
Yes
45%
No
45%
Yes
36%
No
9%
Yes, drug abuse should be treated as a health issue, not a criminal issue
7%
No, this would encourage drug use and lower funding for rehabilitation centers
1%
Yes, this is necessary to reduce the drug overdose death rate
2%
No, but legalize drugs

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 @9ZTRL63from British Columbia  answered…4mos4MO

No, those with severe drug addictions that are majorly negatively impacting their lives should be put into mandatory rehab

 @B39CH5Xfrom Saskatchewan  answered…1mo1MO

Safe havens should be in non-residential areas where they can be monitored by protection services and where they can provide addiction and mental health services to those who need it.

 @9FQ2ZJYfrom Yukon Territory  answered…2yrs2Y

No Prefer to see funding go towards facilitirs that offer help with dependency, offer mental health assistance and rehabilitation

 @9GYSNHDfrom Nova Scotia  answered…1yr1Y

No, we should not encourage drug use but drug abuse should be seen as a health issue not a criminal one. People should not have to suffer because of past mistakes.

 @B3BDTW5from Alberta  answered…1mo1MO

Yes, only if proper resources are in place to drug abuse should be treated as a health issue, not a criminal issue. Look at Portugal as an example.

 @8VS4SD7from Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes and also implement a program to get them off the drugs

 @B4BJ899from Quebec  answered…2 days2D

No, invest money on catching the drug dealers and increase funding on rehabilitation centers. Stop fentanyl from crossing the border.

 @B49S5T9from British Columbia  answered…3 days3D

Yes, overdoses along with tainted substances are much to regular of an occurrence for this not be a safety net. However I feel that we should put more funding into rehabilitation and drug prevention.

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Defense Bill Blocks Transgender Care To Minors

The Senate on Wednesday gave final approval to a defense policy bill directing $895 billion toward the Pentagon and other military activities, moving over the objections of some Democrats who opposed a provision added late in the negotiations that would deny coverage for transgender health procedures for minors.The 85-to-14 vote, coming a week after a divided House passed the same measure, cleared the bill for President Biden’s signature.Most Republicans and many Democrats supported the measure, which provides a 14.5 percent pay raise to junior enlisted service members and a 4.5 percent pay raise for all other service members. It also expands access to meal assistance, housing and child care programs that benefit those in uniform.But several Democrats withheld their backing in protest of a provision preventing TRICARE, the military’s health care plan for service members, from covering “medical interventions for the treatment of gender dysphoria that could result in sterilization” for children under 18.The language, which would affect the gender-transitioning children of service members, was recently added to the measure at the insistence of Speaker Mike Johnson, Republican of Louisiana, who refused to bring a defense bill to the House floor without it, according to aides familiar with the negotiations.Twenty-one Democrats, led by Senator Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, proposed an amendment to strip the provision from the bill, but the matter was never brought to a vote. Several of them took to the floor on Tuesday to lodge their objections.“It’s flat-out wrong to put this provision in this bill and take away a service member’s freedom to make that decision for their families,” Ms. Baldwin said, estimating that the provision could negatively affect as many as 6,000 to 7,000 military families.

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