Insite now a "health-care" service
So, apparently... being a junkie... is now protected under Saint Pierre's sacred "Charter of Rights."
-- VANCOUVER -- The B.C. Supreme Court says it would be unconstitutional for the federal government to shut down Vancouver's controversial safe-injection site.Now that there's a precedent... I can't wait for designated "free-fire" zones for gun-totin' gangbangers.
Fortunately, not everybody's comin' off another hit on the judicial bong...
Federal lawyers argued before the court that the Charter of Rights and Freedoms doesn't protect the right of drug addicts to shoot up.I'm afraid for my country.
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RELATED: And in perfectly timed, ironic counterpoint
Shocked Vancouver police have arrested and released a couple who allegedly offered to sell a seven-day-old baby girl on the Craigslist website for $10,000.You won't see it in the online article... but the television report showed a cop talking about the parent's "drug issues."
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FROM THE COMMENTS:
Most of the science regarding the Insite program are based upon self reporting by drug users (reliable?).**********
This is of course not mentioned in the media.
Nor is the recent British Medical Journal study in 2006 that showed no reduction in drug use due to these sites.
LAST WORD: Elizabeth thinks I'm "ranting incoherently"
Well, Lizzy... I'm just not sure I'd be wanna be so reliant on "The Wisdom of Whores."
I mean, do you think they ever really ever get that taste... never mind the potentially life-threatening infectious stuff... outta their mouths?
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6 comments:
I can't wait for designated "free-fire" zones for gun-totin' gangbangers
Its called Toronto...
Oh wait, Dan Miller is about to make it illegal. Apparently it works for guns but not for drugs.
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simply flabbergasted. i got nuthin'.
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I feel a malady coming on, a little bit under the weather - should I go to Insite for health care?
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"anon asks... should I go to Insite for health care?"
come for the smack... stay for the "health care".
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...a cop talking about the parent's "drug issues."
Once you've used the drugs, they, and the high are soon gone.
Babies? That's a renewable income source-every nine months.
Cheers!
knotsmart
Most of the science regarding the Insite program are based upon self reporting by drug users (reliable?).
This is of course not mentioned in the media.
Nor is the recent British Medical Journal study in 2006 that showed no reduction in drug use due to these sites.
There is nothing wrong with the Conservatives wanting to fund drug rehabilitation sites. Everytime I try to send a patient to one of those, the waiting list is at least a month long....
Of course the media cannot have a scientific discussion weighing all the evidence. They find the scientists with conflicts of interest (the ones that want the funding of injection sites to continue so their research can continue) and then present that opinion only.
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