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applegrove

(123,130 posts) Thu Jul 9, 2020, 08:21 PM Jul 2020

Canadian police chiefs want possession of drugs for personal use to be decriminalized. Being an

addict should not be a crime. Police should be free to focus in organized crime instead.

CBC News

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Canadian police chiefs want possession of drugs for personal use to be decriminalized. Being an (Original Post) applegrove Jul 2020 OP

i like that idea! maybe a special Social Service unit of the Police.... samnsara Jul 2020 #1

Yes. And people not afraid to get help. People want to live. When ottawa applegrove Jul 2020 #2

This is certainly a move in the right direction. yonder Jul 2020 #3

samnsara

(18,282 posts)

1. i like that idea! maybe a special Social Service unit of the Police....

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Thu Jul 9, 2020, 08:24 PM

Jul 2020

...unarmed

applegrove

(123,130 posts)

2. Yes. And people not afraid to get help. People want to live. When ottawa

Reply to samnsara (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 9, 2020, 08:36 PM

Jul 2020

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started its safe injection site in the market downtown the opioid users from the suburbs went there. Chiefs of police want it looked at as a healthcare issue and people streamed to those experts.

yonder

(10,002 posts)

3. This is certainly a move in the right direction.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Thu Jul 9, 2020, 09:54 PM

Jul 2020

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