Some of you got your wish
 

http://www.philly.com/philly/health/...-20180123.html

Yikes

So you'd rather them just die in the privacy of their own homes? This is a fucking good thing.

Oh that's just what I say to any link I don't click.

As with all topics like this there are many perspectives and disagreement is inevitable.

One perspective is Philly is enabling the drug addicts and interfering with natural selection all the while costing tax payers the bill to do so.

Another perspective is Philly is doing the morally right thing and removing some of the dangers the drug addicts face on a daily basis not just for the drug addicts personally but for the city as inevitably it pays the price of these drug addicts when they overdose and need medical assistance etc. (They don't always die.) Giving them safer methods to do their drugs means a safer city all around.

I mean it's more complicated than just these points but this is how I see most people viewing this.

I am assuming Philly is considering how some European countries manage their own crisis of drug addiction as it reminds me of what I have read them doing in the past.

I feel bad for drug addicts so I tend to go with the second reasoning and think what Philly is doing is trailblazing in the history of the USA as we never had a city, let alone a major city try something like this.

Will it work? I don't know. I do see other perspectives though and can't fault them for their logic.

oh no now philly will be trash

Don't worry, you can't hurt my feels bj

Try not to ascend so quick again

Philly is a hellscape town with garbage citizens.

Lets open pedophilia safe sites next so that child molester's have a safe space to touch manikins and midgets dressed up as children while we are at it.

Heroic addicts are responsible for massive amounts of crime and robbery and the best rehab for a heroin addict is about 2 years in prison where they can dry out and get a grip on their life.

SOURCE: My brother was a heroic addict for 2 or 3 years and jail is what finally cleaned him up

Well if this logic works then by all means we should build more jails right?

Fact is we have more correctional facilities in the USA than ever and more heroin addicts than ever so jails are not the answer.

Going to jail might have been a turning point for your brother but for the majority of jail bound addicts it doesn't aid them in stopping their drug habits long term, it's just a temporary stopping point until they get out again.

Recidivism is real and for a large portion of drug addicts they need more than jail.