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B.C. becomes first province to provide universal coverage for opioid treatments (www.thestar.com)
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A better option to treating the opioid crisis is to help those in need now ... rather than waiting to see how their suffering will affect them and society as a whole.

The costs are always the same ... either be a conservative and villainize these people and let them become a burden on society and costs go towards police, security, emergency health care, judicial and negative social effects from their destroyed lives

.... or ...

Be more socially minded and spend the funds on helping these people now and prevent them from spiralling out of control and negatively affecting their lives further or the lives of others.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Politics, especially on the right, likes “right now” policies. We give the cops more gear right now to crack heads, etc. And inevitably in a few years when they’re out of office they cab point to the short term changes made and campaign off that. No matter the cost to society or vulnerable populations. I mean it’s not just the right, but they provide so many examples on the regular.