• seahorse [Ohio]@midwest.socialM
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    8 months ago

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT8OU8Yhs_s

    Linked above is the movie they sat me down and had me watch with them. Aaron Gunn is the guy who made it. Doing some light research he’s been accused of transphobic, sexist rhetoric and complaining that BC liberals don’t support free speech which any leftist can tell you is just a dog whistle for bigotry going unpunished.

    I’m not 100% sold on some harm reduction they supposedly do in BC. Like, if you’re going to give away government produced drugs you should make it impossible for people to just hoard it and then sell it on the street, but overall the message I got out of the documentary was that drug addiction should be stigmatized and punished, which I don’t agree with.

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      8 months ago

      My understanding of the drugs being provided is that they are required to be used in a supervised site when they are acquired, not that they’re just given out willy-nilly. That said I can see, and understand, where you concerns lay in that.
      Oh yeah, Aaron Gunn, he’s a real piece of shit, if you’ll pardon my language.

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          8 months ago

          I was born and raised in Vancouver. I am however an ex-pat. Currently I live in Edinburgh, Scotland. Still pretty tied in with things back home, all my family and friends still live there, and I keep pretty close tabs on happenings back home.

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        8 months ago

        I am sorry to tell you that is 100% not correct. I work in the industry and people get given whopping amounts of hydromorphone tablets that end up in highschool and university students pockets for partying and anxiety. We have over 20x more clients under 25 than ever before

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            8 months ago

            I work on the medical side of addiction treatment. Not doxxing myself and you can choose to believe what you would like but I see this policy as an absolute failure of duty to our youth and young adults.

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              8 months ago

              Didn’t ask you to doxx yourself bud. I’m asking if you have direct experience with Vancouver specifically.

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                8 months ago

                I dont work in Vancouver but work with partnered organizations with reports from the public nursing teams in that area and the harm reduction programs.

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                  8 months ago

                  Fair enough. But just from a different point of view, when I was 18 I injured my shoulder at work, quite severely. I went the Emerg, at Vancouver General, and instead of being given what I would consider treatment of an appropriate kind. I was handed a packet of 40 hydromorphine. I’d say the issue is a bit more widespread than just with the harm reduction system.
                  That aside, thanks for your insights into the issues with harm reduction sites. I hadn’t known that side of it, and that’s quite disheartening.