tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576246045591350665.post7432408233564607504..comments2024-03-29T04:59:07.741-07:00Comments on Gangsters Out Blog: Victoria public drug use out of controlDennis Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06736981069304416233noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576246045591350665.post-2782672837751130742010-06-14T09:55:48.213-07:002010-06-14T09:55:48.213-07:00I’ll have a peek, but I just don’t agree with hand...I’ll have a peek, but I just don’t agree with handing out free crack pipes. To me that sends out the wrong message. If they can use methadone to get addicts of heroin, then they can use BC bud to get addicts off crack. Feeding crack addiction is no different than feeding alcoholism.<br /><br />Certainly there are psychological reasons for addictions. Yet if the climate doesn’t change the addicts won’t have a chance to address those psychological concerns. I used to volunteer at Harbour Light in east van. One day we asked where one of the guys on the detox program was. He fell off the wagon so to speak. It is really hard for anyone to overcome a crack addiction in east van when everywhere you go people are in your face yelling Crack, Crack, Crack. Wanna buy some Crack? You either get the crack dealers of the street and stop them from being so invasive, or your remove the addict from that environment.<br /><br />For a doctor to say we have to hand out free crack pipes because addicts share pipes and can get germs from using a shared pipe is in my opinion insane and the prime example of how our compassion has become a simple matter of becoming enablers. One reformed drug addict in Surrey once said the best thing for a chronic offender who steals to support his drug habit is to lock him up in jail away from the drug for three months. I agree. Giving someone less jail time the more crimes they commit is insane as is buying them the drugs with tax dollars. We might as well be handing out free guns with free bullets.Dennis Watsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06736981069304416233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576246045591350665.post-47303167318560509232010-06-14T00:02:39.525-07:002010-06-14T00:02:39.525-07:00I'm not hear to convince you of anything. Howe...I'm not hear to convince you of anything. However, I do think that anyone with an interest in addictions should read this book: <br /><br />http://www.drgabormate.com/ghosts.php<br /><br />Keep up the good work, and stay safe.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03880243589045769614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576246045591350665.post-45679950826058738512010-06-13T22:47:06.774-07:002010-06-13T22:47:06.774-07:00Thanks, yeah my spelling sucks. I’ve had that one ...Thanks, yeah my spelling sucks. I’ve had that one mixed up before. I always find it interesting how when someone disagrees with the feed addictions doctrine they need to be educated into thinking their way is right. I’m just speaking from what I’ve seen. New York City had the same crack problems we have now back in the /80’s. <br /><br />Everyone talks about how New York has changed and how safe it is now. They didn’t do it by feeding addiction. They did it by confronting the gangs and the dealers. I don’t agree with being hard on the addicts. I just don’t think feeding addiction is right. I will agree that the gangs are exploiting the addicts.Dennis Watsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06736981069304416233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576246045591350665.post-14014783773821947892010-06-13T18:27:05.110-07:002010-06-13T18:27:05.110-07:00The word is 'heroin' not 'heroine'...The word is 'heroin' not 'heroine'. A heroine is the feminine form of 'hero'. You have an interesting blog. I think you're wrong on how to deal with the problem of drug addiction in our society, and I would suggest you research the word of Dr Gabor Mate and others to educate yourself a little further, but I commend your courage in exposing the gangster scum that feed off the misery of addiction.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03880243589045769614noreply@blogger.com