Safe Injection Site Truths

Our friend Steve has added this comment today. I thought it was so direct and simple and accurate it warranted a separate post of its own lest anyone miss it.

Things the SIS has done:

Directly cost an enormous amount of money (about $15 million so far).

Increased the load on the health care system, sometimes preventing other patients from getting care. The costs of this are incalculable.

Helped thousands of addicts to continue their addictive behaviour.

Created the perception that mind-altering drugs are more or less harmless.

Things the SIS has NOT done:

Reduce the prevalence of HIV or HepC.

Reduce the overdose death statistics.Improve the public order or crime situation.

Directly help a single addict to get off drugs.

Oh yes, one more thing the SIS HAS done:

Lied about its results.