Unpleasantville
As we reported in our July feature, the tensions in Leslieville between critics and supporters of the neighbourhood’s safe consumption site show no signs of abating. Readers had thoughts.
“Gentrification isn’t a goal worth pursuing, but community safety is. There’s a very vocal minority that believes that any steps to forcefully deter drug use—in any context—are more harmful than helpful, but that’s just not true. Even ignoring the broader community, I’m not convinced that they’re doing the addicts any favours.”
—MarshalThornton, Reddit
“We need more, and better, addiction treatment services. Possession decriminalization and safe injection sites are the cheap part of dealing with the addiction crisis. As a result, governments support or turn a blind eye to them. The expensive part, the part we need to raise taxes for,…
