In 2018, officials in the U.S. city of Philadelphia city proposed opening a “safe haven” in an effort to combat the city's heroin epidemic. In 2016 64,070 people died in the U.S. from drug overdoses - a 21% increase from 2015. 3/4 of drug overdose deaths in the U.S. are caused by the opioid class of drugs which includes prescription painkillers, heroin and fentanyl. To combat the epidemic cities including Vancouver, BC and Sydney, AUS opened safe havens where addicts can inject drugs under the supervision of medical professionals. The safe havens reduce the overdose death…
Read more48% Yes |
52% No |
36% Yes |
43% No |
10% Yes, drug abuse should be treated as a health issue, not a criminal issue |
7% No, this would encourage drug use and lower funding for rehabilitation centers |
2% Yes, this is necessary to reduce the drug overdose death rate |
3% No, but legalize drugs |
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@8GN4YCZ4yrs4Y
No, drug abuse should be treated as a health issue, not a criminal one, but should be rehabilitated not enabling them
@8NTXZ4D3yrs3Y
Yes, but only if they are offered multiple times help for addiction, and if their keys and license are taken for 28 hours. The worse drugs and stolen drugs shouldn't be allowed
@8D3G76H4yrs4Y
This should occur only if the people taking drugs are willing to submit to counseling and/or therapy.
@8DVCWKD4yrs4Y
Yes, this is necessary to reduce the drug overdose death rate. Drug abuse should be treated as a health issue, NOT a criminal issue.
@92QY7WF2yrs2Y
Yes, cities should do whatever they choose
@8LZ5V243yrs3Y
Yes, but deny those whom use the most harmful drugs, and offer help to any who enter the area as well as take their keys and drivers license for 24 hours
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@ZealousKangaroo2mos2MO
President Biden is considering executive action that could prevent people who cross illegally into the United States from claiming asylum, several people with knowledge of the proposal said Wednesday. The move would suspend longtime guarantees that give anyone who steps onto U.S. soil the right to ask for safe haven.The order would put into effect a key policy in a bipartisan bill that Republicans thwarted earlier this month, even though it had some of the most significant border security restrictions Congress has contemplated in years.The bill would have essentially shut down the border to new entrants if more than an average of 5,000 migrants per day tried to cross unlawfully in the course of a week, or more than 8,500 tried to cross in a given day.The action under consideration by the White House would have a similar trigger for blocking asylum to new entrants, the people with knowledge of the proposal say. They spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.The move, if enacted, would echo a 2018 effort by President Donald J. Trump to block migration, which was assailed by Democrats and blocked by federal courts.
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