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…
Read more73% Yes |
27% No |
60% Yes |
21% No |
10% Yes, drug abuse should be treated as a health issue, not a criminal issue |
4% No, this would encourage drug use and lower funding for rehabilitation centers |
3% Yes, this is necessary to reduce the drug overdose death rate |
1% No, but legalize drugs |
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@9CZBMTL9mos9MO
No as this is not addressing the core issue ie the reason the person is addicted eg psychological trauma
@8YYTV562yrs2Y
No because this can incourage the continuation of drive usage and abuse and normalise this in social sense. For example most care strings and homeless accommodation approach substance use and abuse with a harm reduction framework
@8XFLST72yrs2Y
For medical use then yes
@8SW57DK3yrs3Y
Focus on rehab, and maybe reducing the penalty for personal use, but I don't support decriminilization
@8SQ2LZN3yrs3Y
Yes, drugs should be scheduled as opposed to class monitored then drugs of certain types can be sold under certain conditions
@8PS3W5H3yrs3Y
Increase funding for rehabilitation centers instead
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@ZealousKangaroo2mos2MO
President Biden is considering executive action that could prevent people who cross illegally into the United States from claiming asylum, several people with knowledge of the proposal said Wednesday. The move would suspend longtime guarantees that give anyone who steps onto U.S. soil the right to ask for safe haven.The order would put into effect a key policy in a bipartisan bill that Republicans thwarted earlier this month, even though it had some of the most significant border security restrictions Congress has contemplated in years.The bill would have essentially shut down the border to new entrants if more than an average of 5,000 migrants per day tried to cross unlawfully in the course of a week, or more than 8,500 tried to cross in a given day.The action under consideration by the White House would have a similar trigger for blocking asylum to new entrants, the people with knowledge of the proposal say. They spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.The move, if enacted, would echo a 2018 effort by President Donald J. Trump to block migration, which was assailed by Democrats and blocked by federal courts.
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