Rhode Island to open the country’s 1st safe injection site

1. This should be nationwide. It would save so many children.

2. statistics show it works and the approach makes sense. its been tried before is several countries and theres no debate. the more u make users feel supported the less resistance they face when they decide to reach out for help and decide to change.

   people are quick to judge druggies but truth is anybody can fall into its grip. show some respect, sympathy and love for them is all we should do as community, local and globally. ostracizing and scapegoating does nothing..

3. They should be given free Fentanyl. As much as they want.

4. After I eat this cheeseburger I’m done. I swear I’m going on a diet. It’s basically what the last dude said.

5. This is one of the stupidest things happening to America, this doesn’t help them quit doing drugs, it just helps them do more drugs, SMH 🤦‍♂️

6. Not too sure about that idea considering how well it's worked out in Philadelphia down on Kensington Street.

7. We have them in Ontario. It doesn't help anything.

8. This is fucking stupid

9. Exuse me why

10. Does this program extend towards (or address) the major child neglect that stems from some drug addicts? 🤔

11. Jesus is the only way!

12. This is amazing, I really hope they can show more results that help these people, so other places can follow suit in a way that works. Tendency towards addiction is often genetic, and there's no reason to abandon addicts when everything in life already goes against them. They deserve to be treated as human beings, not pests.

13. Thank goodness I met i n t e l l e c t w e b s

14. Nothing like our tax dollars being used to enable addicts 😄

15. This means less dead people. And that is good. Full stop.

16. This is straight out of the wire! Lol not a bad idea tho

17. Give Addicts the JAB to get rid of em along with the leftards

18. F Joe Biden + F ABC

19. We should open a drug policy like the Philippines 🇵🇭 💉☠

20. My experience in the UK…..thousands of discarded needles in the streets around these places, a total nightmare with drug dealers selling massive amounts outside these centres…not a good idea

21. The door should just lead to a padded trailer they lock and drive to fenced off treatment areas and facilities.

22. Okay this is new

23. And don't forget the one important rule:

    "If you do that outside this zone, you're still getting arrested 😎"

24. Just Legalize It they're still going to get tainted stuff. Then take the tax money and recycle it back into the community. Instead of fueling these drug wars and making a bunch of drug dealers rich

25. All they need now is a drug dealer

26. Addiction enablers.

27. welp… must be getting time to move. LET ME GET THAT METH!

28. That’s insane! Typical blanket America!

29. We have them in Ontario. It doesn't help anything.

30. How incredibly sad. The same country that has more than 700 billionaires also has people sleeping with no shelter. I truly hope these sites add mental health professionals on top of clean needles. These people need help and it’s in humane to let them suffer like this.

31. The war on drugs needs to end now and treat drug addicts as health problem not a criminal problem

32. It's about time america stepped up

33. This project gives addicts a fighting chance. Takes people from the shadows to the light. And provide the necessary incentive to change their lives.

34. I guess I get what they are trying to do, as far as the disease aspect of it, but I have a hard time being in support of this. My son was an addict and I was an enabler, without realizing it for a long time. There is no way I would be okay with this program contributing to my son's addiction. Thank God my son is now clean and sober!

35. Nice to blur their faces, buy idk if showing the street and their voices clearly shows their neighbors who they are

36. Why has universal health care not been instated yet? I’m so tired of how unjust this whole system is!

37. They really think they’re going to stop drug usage like this…this is disgusting

38. Drugs are amazing tools for painkillers, such as those with chronic back issues or post-op patients. Recreationally, they can be a lot of fun to use at first, but once addiction sets in, you need to keep using them to survive (either because the withdrawal will be that bad [side note: alcohol is one of the few where withdrawal can actually K*LL you], or because you just need them to function normally [e.g. cocaine, methamphetamine], as anyone who needs coffee [caffeine is a drug] in the morning is well aware). Others are just fun, and are not usually harmful in the short-term, but long-term effects may be dangerous (tobacco is a great example, and so is alcohol). And others are mostly or entirely non-addictive (especially marijuana and psychedelics), because it's not the nature of the chemical to get you "hooked" or because tolerance is built up very quickly. It's the latter category that are the safest to use by far. The former may be used either in moderation or with caution, but some are just better to avoid altogether (nicotine). And of course, the addictive ones are the most risky, and often the most deadly (the chances of OD skyrocket when the drug is laced with other compounds and the buyer is unaware, such as fentanyl in heroin). Doctors should be incredibly cautious when prescribing opioids — obviously — and I would even go so far as to say that after a certain time period following dismissal from the hospital, the opioid can only be administered in a medical setting. But the goal for those who are addicted now should be to use the same strategy as with nicotine and alcohol abuse: wean them off their substances, so as to mitigate or prevent a withdrawal and to make the sobriety process go more smoothly. This means providing the substance in a clincal setting in progressively smaller doses, so that in a few weeks (or months) they are free from it altogether. Many others don't suffer from addiction (about 80% of all drug users, in fact), and we're not worried about them because they are meeting all their responsibilities. It's those whose lives have been negatively impacted (lost job, ruined relationships, etc.) that desperately need our help, whether they think they do or not. By implementing this on a wide scale, rather than just putting them behind bars or taking up space on our streets, we will finally be catching up with what Switzerland and other highly developed nations in Europe have been doing for years. And it's worked. (Much of this information has come from an expert on drug addiction, Dr. Carl L. Hart, a professor ar Columbia University, and his book Drug Use for Grown-Ups. I highly recommend you give it a read if this is a topic that piques your interest.)

39. Wow…. So the U.S. is turning into Amsterdam??!

40. This isn’t the answer. I get this prevents the spread of hiv and other illnesses due to needle sharing but you are enabling people.

41. Sounds like a trap

42. Good luck with that.

43. seriously?

44. Um no. This is just enables the addicts to continue damaging their lives and whatever relationship with family/friends. They steal and lie, it doesn't matter who they hurt just as long as they get their fix. They should all do their families a favor and just OD already. Rid the families of this burden.

45. Wow I like how they hid there identity, God has the last say!

46. I think it's just wrong to encourage them to do drugs…

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