Safe Injection Site in Vancouver Eastside
The Effect of Safe Injection Sites in Vancouver, British Columbia A safe injection site (SIS) has been placed in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside where drug use is a challenging problem. The program is a vital piece of the cities known harm reduction approach to its serious problems with homelessness, drugs, crime and AIDS. Canada has drastically shifted its method. Going from punishing drug users to establishing the plan of harm reduction. Since 2003 when the supervised SIS opened, it has presented a safe health-focused center where drug users have access to inject illegal drugs using sterile equipment in a clean environment under the supervision of medically trained professionals. Although there are some serious concerns about the facility. For instance, what is the effect it has on drug users participating in Insite? What is the effect it has on the population of Canada? What is the effect of Insite on future generations, and is the effects substantial enough to out weigh the cost? The research shows that the benefits out weigh any limitations.
Effects of Users Participating in Insite
No matter how dirty and scary they are, drug users are still human beings. They have feelings and have a dreadful disease called addiction. The thing that we must always remember when exploring this topic thought is that they are still people. For someonewho hasn’t lived through that experience is the exact reason that we cannot jump to conclusions. Its possible that these individuals did not chose that lifestyle and that it may take hold and destroy anyone, no matter his or her status in society. Insite has impacted drug users significantly. It provides a safe place for them to go to inject without having to be concerned whether or not the utilities they use are infected with diseases. A drug addict who identifies herself as Corky is a regular patient at Insite. She explains that “Being a working girl, it’s safe. You don’t have to worry about guys jacking you up for your
Effects of Users Participating in Insite
No matter how dirty and scary they are, drug users are still human beings. They have feelings and have a dreadful disease called addiction. The thing that we must always remember when exploring this topic thought is that they are still people. For someonewho hasn’t lived through that experience is the exact reason that we cannot jump to conclusions. Its possible that these individuals did not chose that lifestyle and that it may take hold and destroy anyone, no matter his or her status in society. Insite has impacted drug users significantly. It provides a safe place for them to go to inject without having to be concerned whether or not the utilities they use are infected with diseases. A drug addict who identifies herself as Corky is a regular patient at Insite. She explains that “Being a working girl, it’s safe. You don’t have to worry about guys jacking you up for your
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