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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Yep lived there! This was pre-2010, to be certain. Now there’s a safe injecting site, lockout laws, and other things that make the neighborhood less fun

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

This was probably 1994/95

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Safe consumption sites save lives and improve communities, blatantly so when compared to the status quo. Fuck outta here with that tired, bloodsoaked, right-wing, reactionary NIMBYism.

You dont care and that dehumanization is why you'll catch an ez block; I'm not rehashing this debate for the nth time.

To those reading on or willing to learn more:

Https://crackdownpod.com Actually hear the perspectives from survivors of the War on People [mostly of color] who use Drugs

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dg8DA1LuZFk 5 minutes on why Harm Reduction/Safe Consumption Centers are a better way

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

I stayed there in 2011 and the hotel didn't have wifi. Jet lag led me to sitting on the sidewalk outside McDonald's at 5am to get some internet.