End The War On Drugs Now!
Replacing Street Fentanyl with Pharmaceutical Fentanyl
Replacing Street Fentanyl And Street Heroin With Pharmaceutical Heroin (diacetylmorphine) The purpose of The Global Commission on Drug Policy is to bring to the international level an informed, science-based discussion about humane and effective ways to reduce the harm caused by drugs and drug control policies to people and societies.
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Safe Supply Medical Clinics Are The Way To Go
The top, left, video is a short clip taken from the documentary “Inside Canada’s fentanyl overdose epidemic | SBS Dateline” showing a clinic in Canada that administers pharmaceutical fentanyl to addicts in order to prevent overdose deaths along with the crime and violence associated with the illegal drug trade. Addicts in these types of programs become stabilized and more amenable to rehabilitation. The video below it has the same purpose, but instead, uses diacetylmorphine which is pharmaceutical heroin as well as hydromorphone (Dilaudid), a powerful painkiller. This short clip was taken from the "TEN DOLLAR DEATH TRIP - Inside The FENTANYL Crisis | Full OPIOID CRISIS Documentary." Picture medical clinics in every city similar to these where drug users could go and use their drug of choice at a very reasonable price - that undercuts the cartels and street dealers - where they would be required to use their drug onsite. The drug could be taken onsite by injection, by oral liquid, by snorting through inhalation of powder through the nose, and by smoking or vaping, where the user would not be allowed to leave the facility with the drug. Pills because of easy concealability would not be allowed. Onsite consumption only would prevent users from bringing their drug home where children could accidentally overdose on it or where it could be resold or given to others. Drug laws would still be in full force and effect for selling and possessing illegal drugs outside of safe supply clinics. Not only would children and adolescents be protected by onsite consumption only facilities, so would prisoners in correctional facilities who are in programs of rehabilitation that are being undermined by easy access to drugs supplied by prison guards and prison officials. A simple Google search on “drug smuggling in correctional facilities” shows this to be a serious national problem. See, for example, “Contraband: Smuggling”, at https://www.corrections1.com/smuggling. In Michigan, female prisoners made a major complaint about the problem with one saying she was only a recreational user in the street but turned into an addict in prison where conditions of confinement are more stressful and oppressive and peer pressure more intense. See “Michigan Women Inmates Struggle With Drug Addiction”, at https://www.ncja.org/crimeandjusticenews/michigan-women-inmates-struggle-with-drug-addiction. In recent years, male prisoners in Michigan have experienced a wave of overdoses and overdose deaths. A study showed 64 overdoses in 2019 with an increase to a 136 in 2020 and 252 in 2021. See “Mother files lawsuit for son’s overdose in Michigan prison”, at https://www.wlns.com/news/local-news/mother-files-lawsuit-for-sons-overdose-in-michigan-prison/. Click here for more info. In the Vox article "America can end its war on drugs. Here's how", the author recognizes the need for smart legalization. He says: Smart legalization would allow the use and sales of certain drugs, while minimizing the commercialization of legal drugs — by, for example, putting the state government in charge of drug sales or only allowing nonprofits to sell drugs. https://www.vox.com/2016/4/25/11445454/end-war-on-drugs Onsite only use in safe supply clinics under careful supervision with addiction counseling would be smart legalization as described above. Safe supply clinics should be government run (nonprofit) no different than police and fire departments. In fact, police officers could be assigned to supervise safe supply clinics to insure no drugs are leaving the clinic. Strict inventory systems with cameras could be setup similar to how cannabis is sold in legal dispensaries. Safe supply clinics properly run would have a major transformative effect for the better in America for the working class and the poor. Crime and violence and the need for police and medical emergency services would be substantially reduced at a big savings to the taxpayer. Just think if George Floyd would have had easy access to safe supply opioids! A major riot with serious property damage would've been averted. No police or rioters would've been jailed and prosecuted tying up the criminal justice system unnecessarily at taxpayer expense. Read More |