I hate to admit it, but Canada did something right

It seems that in Vancouver they have a clinic for drug users to go and shoot up.

Most drugs are worthless.  They cost money that people cannot spare.  They wreck your body, mind and in most cases families and relationships.  As does drinking,  gambling, and other allowable vices.  The governments pick and choose which ones are legal or worse yet to which point they are illegal.

I am ignoring how legal prescribed drugs are probably worse than some of the illegal recreational drugs.

The clinic allows users to use fresh needles and supplies when shooting up.  Nurses are on hand to help them if something goes wrong.  Almost 500 overdoses last year and not one death,  that is pretty damn good in my opinion.  I would imagine a lot of those people would have died.  I wonder if any of those junkies decided the OD was a wake up call.  Probably not many,  but I am naive enough to think maybe a few did.

Two activities have been around and are not going away,  getting high and fucking.  Ten years ago I would not have supported this sort of clinic, but now I do.  It fits with my idea of if you cannot beat it,  figure out a way to make it work better.  In this case needles are kept in a controlled environment;  they are not thrown away in public places and they are not shared.  This helps to control the spread of disease.  It does not control the problem of drugs,  but it does help to control part of the problems drugs can cause for other people.  I have seen plenty of used syringes just laying around on the street or in the dirt,  one jab from it can mean a lifetime of shit for someone.

I praise the people in Canada that made this happen and I hope the court cases against this place fail.  I hope governments come up with some intelligent drug laws, but I am pretty sure the liquor and “legit” drug companies will help keep things the way they are.