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politicsjoe277 karma

GoFundMe covered most of the costs although I did get into about 10 grand of debt.
If we provide a safe supply and regulated drugs people would have no need to steal but of course I empathise with those affected.

There’s no legal framework in Scotland but these centres aren’t illegal under the Misuse of Drugs Act, that’s why they never closed us down.
I like a non-alcoholic beer and Thai food.

politicsjoe108 karma

There's too much money in the current system. From the courts to prisons, it's a multi-billion pound industry. They also don't care about people from the most deprived areas.

politicsjoe96 karma

I get that thinking but it’s the bad choices of government that have got us here, dating back to the war on drugs in 1971 when Nixon called for an all out offensive that the UK joined. Not tried the Guinness yet.

politicsjoe89 karma

Yes, an unsanctioned site did carry a heavy risk but there is more chance of someone dying in an alleyway without help or support than in an overdose prevention site. There’s not been one recorded death in a site yet.

Overdoses are easy to deal with when you have the training, I was prepared for anything. I put my own personal life and financial security on the line to do this as 4 people are dying every day in Scotland unnecessarily.

politicsjoe88 karma

I agree we need these sites everywhere. We don’t even have synthetics in the heroin supply in Scotland and we have deaths rates highest in Europe.

To reach people I just parked next to an injection site alleyway and they came. It was pretty easy, they all appreciated it so much.