• @Kekzkrieger@feddit.org
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    1212 days ago

    Drug use room work, ive recently seen a documentary about one in Switzerland and they give people the possibility to consume safely.

    • @corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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      11 days ago

      … with a panic button and much greater access to addiction resources.

      If there are 10 steps to turning a homeless person into a housed, working taxpayer, this is like step 2.

      Canada has failed to move to step 3 because “just arrest those leeches” is the position of half our society.

    • @Zenith@lemm.ee
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      512 days ago

      We had some in my state and they were all closed down to to crimes like fighting and people setting up camp basically at or around the place

      • @breecher@sh.itjust.works
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        212 days ago

        As mentioned before in this thread, that is because the rooms themselves aren’t sufficient, investment in social care involved with the operation of them is as important.