58008@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoFirst responders of lemmy, do you ever find yourself hating the people you're saving when you're constantly dealing with easily-avoidable catastrophes?message-squaremessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up149arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up148arrow-down1message-squareFirst responders of lemmy, do you ever find yourself hating the people you're saving when you're constantly dealing with easily-avoidable catastrophes?58008@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square35fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredoodlediedoo@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7·8 days agoActually, instead of 5150-ing people the solution that works in other countries is to provide medical access to drugs. So basically allow someone to live a life with their illness after treatments have failed to cure them: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/canada-now-allows-prescription-heroin-in-severe-opioid-addiction-1.3753312
minus-squareabbotsbury@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoYep, imagine how many people wouldn’t have their life ruined by addiction if they could work their job and buy their drugs. The system we have now just turns functional addicts into homeless addicts.
Actually, instead of 5150-ing people the solution that works in other countries is to provide medical access to drugs. So basically allow someone to live a life with their illness after treatments have failed to cure them: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/canada-now-allows-prescription-heroin-in-severe-opioid-addiction-1.3753312
Yep, imagine how many people wouldn’t have their life ruined by addiction if they could work their job and buy their drugs. The system we have now just turns functional addicts into homeless addicts.