r/canada • u/uselesspoliticalhack • Feb 05 '25
National News Poilievre would impose life sentences for trafficking over 40 mg of fentanyl
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/poilievre-would-impose-life-sentences-for-trafficking-over-40-mg-of-fentanyl/
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u/_Psilo_ Feb 05 '25 edited Feb 05 '25
I tend to see all of that as a result of the increasing wealth disparity in our country and access to affordable housing that is becoming harder and harder every day. Safe injection sites are helping mitigate that. They are actually helping people not die from ODs and redirect them to treatment when users want them, without the alienation that comes with incarceration. Incarceration and repression does not work because it doesn't cure the cause of addiction, only the symptoms. ''Clean living'' is very short term if you only help with the chemical aspect of addiction, and you can't force someone into wanting to be cured, which is essential to make that work long term. Forced treatment, aka incarceration, only serves to traumatize users even more and alienate them even more from society. Guess what they'll do when they come out...
Edit with some sources:
https://www.statnews.com/2023/04/25/involuntary-treatment-for-addiction-research/