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HotChunkySoup t1_jappo27 wrote

Reply to comment by Sickpup831 in New York City Sanctioned Drug-Use Sites Reach a Crossroads by jonnycash11

> I don’t want these people dying out in the streets

Then they were successful: These people didn't die.

If you want people to die, make them do drugs in the streets. If you dont want them to die, provide harm reduction.

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Longjumping_Vast_797 t1_jaqua8m wrote

No. If the chance of death from doing a hard drug is 10%, and someone does it once, ODs, then gets brought back with narcan, it's a saved life. If that person is going to continue taking the same exact chance of death over and over, it's the exact same chance of death each dose.

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HotChunkySoup t1_jatr2y6 wrote

> If that person is going to continue taking the same exact chance of death over and over

>same exact chance

Please google what "harm reduction" is. Sterile equipment in a supervised site does not have the same odds of typical street use.

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Sickpup831 t1_jarcyb3 wrote

So these are supposed to be safe injection sights right? What you’re telling me is that 700 times, a professional, pumped someone with enough drugs to kill them just to treat them and save their lives.

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TheAJx t1_jasgr7f wrote

> If you want people to die, make them do drugs in the streets. If you dont want them to die, provide harm reduction.

You think these people stop doing drugs once they leave th epremises of these sites?

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HotChunkySoup t1_jatqox9 wrote

They're not supposed to keep people from doing drugs. They're supposed to keep people from dying from doing drugs.

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TheAJx t1_jatsknr wrote

>make them do drugs in the streets.

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