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“Safe injection zones” turning out to be about what we’d expect.

Posted on 8/9/25 at 8:51 am
Posted by Darth_Vader
A galaxy far, far away
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Posted on 8/9/25 at 8:51 am
Posted by 225Tyga
Member since Oct 2013
19430 posts
Posted on 8/9/25 at 8:53 am to
Unpopular opinion but we should get rid of all homeless people and addicts on the street.
Posted by mwlewis
JeffCo
Member since Nov 2010
21720 posts
Posted on 8/9/25 at 8:59 am to
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Unpopular opinion but we should get rid of all homeless people and addicts on the street.

Reopen the asylums
Posted by Privateer 2007
Member since Jan 2020
7694 posts
Posted on 8/9/25 at 9:02 am to
Butt fricking another man, almost certainly raw Dogg in public.

Then, we get the privilege of paying for their HIV medicine for the rest of their lives.
Posted by DavidTheGnome
Monroe
Member since Apr 2015
31269 posts
Posted on 8/9/25 at 9:16 am to
I can’t imagine going to one, in addiction shooting up in a place like that seems like the last thing I’d want to do. I’d go get new rigs though
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
133254 posts
Posted on 8/9/25 at 9:31 am to
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Unpopular opinion but we should get rid of all homeless people and addicts on the street.



Feed the homeless...to the hungry


Two birds, one stone
Posted by HeadSlash
TEAM LIVE BADASS - St. GEORGE
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54828 posts
Posted on 8/9/25 at 9:56 am to
Soylent green
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
120032 posts
Posted on 8/9/25 at 9:58 am to
why would this be unpopular?
Posted by tide06
Member since Oct 2011
20217 posts
Posted on 8/9/25 at 10:01 am to
I’m fine with the federal government creating areas for the homeless, drug addicts and mental illness cases adjacent to major urban centers.

I would give them food, safe needles, drugs and basic housing, limited health treatments and sanitation. There would also be strong policing and a heavy push towards pathways for treatment and for religious groups to come for outreach.

But there would be walls and an agreement that if you enter willingly you legally cannot leave until and unless you complete a rehab program showing you’re off the drugs or have demonstrated that your mental illness has been treated.

In addition I would rain down hell on drug trade in urban areas outside those zones with draconian federal charges for those selling drugs and redirection programs for early stage addicts to try to cut down on new cases needing that type of help.

Objective advantages:
-removes vagrants from the streets
-lowers street crime
-drastically reduces the drug trade
-improves inner cities
-improves living conditions for addicts and the homeless
-reduces demand for other city services to address this population
Posted by TSS4LSU
Birmingham
Member since Nov 2003
1014 posts
Posted on 8/9/25 at 12:22 pm to
It's unpopular because of the only successful way to do it.
Posted by SLCGumpFB25
SLC
Member since Jun 2025
991 posts
Posted on 8/9/25 at 12:28 pm to
quote:

Unpopular opinion but we should get rid of all homeless people and addicts on the street.


And put them where?
Posted by SLCGumpFB25
SLC
Member since Jun 2025
991 posts
Posted on 8/9/25 at 12:29 pm to
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In addition I would rain down hell on drug trade in urban areas outside those zones with draconian federal charges for those selling drugs


Been tried many times. Hasn't worked once.
Posted by secondandshort
Member since Jan 2014
1085 posts
Posted on 8/9/25 at 12:33 pm to
Hamsterdam in the TV show The Wire is what you just described.
Posted by mtntiger
Asheville, NC
Member since Oct 2003
29322 posts
Posted on 8/9/25 at 12:36 pm to
I say build an enclave where the homeless have an unlimited supply of drugs. Eventually, they will all OD, but at least they won't be robbing, vandalizing and harassing the general public.

I have seen with my own eyes homeless people sleeping outside in the snow rather than a shelter, simply because the shelter requires them to be in by 8:00 and sober. Sorry, but people like that are just too far gone.
Posted by tide06
Member since Oct 2011
20217 posts
Posted on 8/9/25 at 12:56 pm to
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Been tried many times. Hasn't worked once.

Mandatory federal sentences for drug dealers will absolutely impact outcomes when paired with drying up demand.

Providing free drugs is soaking up the demand side of the equation.

If you hammer the cartels and gangs with long prison terms you’re impacting supply side because fewer people will be interested in dealing when you’re looking at 20 to life and RICO charges for anyone involved including banks.
Posted by Hangit
The Green Swamp
Member since Aug 2014
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Posted on 8/9/25 at 12:58 pm to
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And put them where?


I had read a long time ago that DJT was kicking around a preliminary plan to put them in Obama and Joe's FEMA camps. The second part of the plan was to get them proper nutrition, medical care, and get them off of drugs. Those that are able to be returned to society would be given employment and housing assistance to get them started

Some are just mentally unable to be helped.
Posted by bad93ex
Walnut Cove
Member since Sep 2018
34153 posts
Posted on 8/9/25 at 12:59 pm to
What we have here is a Libertarian policy in action.
Posted by jamiegla1
Member since Aug 2016
7889 posts
Posted on 8/9/25 at 1:06 pm to
We should pay them to “do the jobs Americans won’t do”.
Posted by SLCGumpFB25
SLC
Member since Jun 2025
991 posts
Posted on 8/9/25 at 1:19 pm to
quote:

If you hammer the cartels and gangs with long prison terms you’re impacting supply side because fewer people will be interested in dealing when you’re looking at 20 to life and RICO charges for anyone involved including banks.


Someone is always going to take the risk. That's why these ideas never work.
Posted by Chipand2Putts
trembling hills
Member since Apr 2012
1738 posts
Posted on 8/9/25 at 1:20 pm to
Bunny Colvin was a genius not appreciated in his own time
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