The Truth Is More Important Than The Facts

i'm just watching a little documentary on Sunday Morning about Vancouvers safe injection sites and the new mayor. to me its amazing what they're doing. for years most of north america has treated drug addicts (and users in general) as criminals. instead of being given treatment, they are often put in jail. its the idealism behind the "war on drugs". this is another american catch phrase that hides the reality of fairly innocent people being sacrificial lambs (similar to afghanis, iraqis, and arabs in general in the "war on terrorism") to an end that cannot be reached. that somebody, hell that a city, would decide to throw that idealism in the trash and literally call the united states drug czar (the guy in charge of the anti-drug program) an "idiot". this is a wonderful attitude. if we can help people instead of throw them in jail that is the best thing possible.