Inside a Free Fentanyl and Heroin Clinic | Free Drugs

[@xomksxo]

My mom got what she was told was a different drug and it turned out to be fentanyl in powder form. It killed her instantly last year😔 I’m an only child and i miss her so much. She was only 47. thank god for places and people like this. Even though my mom didn’t use needles, the majority do. Harm reduction is saving lives. Thank y’all for what you do🤍

[@XCHADHIGGINSX]

I'm sorry to hear that! She's still here in spirit, I promise you. Stay strong.

[@davide.b8027]

Sorry for your loss. That's just not fair. My gf lost her mom under similar circumstances, she was just 50. So many families are affected.

[@darrickmalloy6909]

My condolences. I remember the first time I was sold that garbage. I wasn't told anything. I thought they had beat me for my money. I was crazy at the time. So I strap up to go get my money back we are arguing and the boss walks up with 2 goons. But he explains to me what's going on. He gives me half back I return all of his stuff I wanted to show them I wanted no parts of that garbage like I said I was crazy at the time I could have been seriously hurt or worse they kill for next to nothing in my city but again my condolences.

[@hexoroid]

Micah I am sorry to hear this. Opium is very addictive like no other drug. When you dont have it you feel depressed, sick, suicidal.. Goverment at least should allow opium teas and stuff like that if doctor marks them as an addict. When they made fentanyl which is a killer no plants needed.. in India people drink opium tea and smoke pipes without any issues. Why cant usa do this? It will stop this insanity

[@Nat3Dogg]

I feel you my mom is also an addict but the worst part about it is I got dragged down with her and I used to be a normal kid I'm 19 now and it's been 3 years I've been addicted to fentanyl still am currently unfortunately but now I'm homeless pretty much and and all my stuff got pawned guitars xbox tv u name it even an iPhone 11 I used to have it all until drugs ruined my life I cry proly 3 times a week questioning if my life is even worth it anymore I dropped out and everything but my grandma just died a couple months ago and she tried to help me quit and didn't get to cause she got cancer and my grandpa has been dead since 2018 and I lived with them they were my parents she took care of my sisters though now they're in foster care it's crazy how so much can change in ur life within a few years I'm completely depressed and have horrible anxiety if I could ever get into this clinic for addicts my life would have a whole new meaning I could even go back to school cause I wouldn't be dopesick in class

[@awjnck204]

It’s scary how many people in the comment section are commenting for a loved one who passed from Fent. There a a couple thousand comments and hundreds of them are about a loved one… rip and my condolences to anyone who passed away. rip Logan

[@georgelake4829]

People here do not understand the media v. mafia dichtotomy do they? It's fucking terrrible and opiates are terrrible, the worst.

[@Drew-s4i]

What’s so scary

[@larrylove-cc6yv]

Yep because addiction is real Knowledge is key Ignorance is bliss ! The amazing part is it's only a problem when it effects whites in the suburbs It's been killing and destroying African American if it is such a race ..they put drugs in the ghetto first..but if ur not concerned or aware or conscious of whats going on then u don't know Period ! Unless it's a Norco or Percocet Deep ! Listen and learn because it's obvious u dont have a clue no pun meant.!

[@allgunsblazed9106]

@@Drew-s4i maybe that real humans died? don't be heartless come on.

[@VarenYoutube]

@@Drew-s4i jump

[@Misshughestrm]

I tell every addict that's struggling with sobriety, friends don't let friends relapse alone. Hiding your habit will kill you. Don't even think of using the dope on the streets now if you don't have an established opiate tolerance. Doing it alone is a death sentence. One bag will kill. I'm sober and many of my friends are still using, they know I'll still hang around or just sit on the phone with them if they're gonna relapse to make sure they don't kill themselves. I've lost far too many that have been found dead in their parents basement the morning after

[@johncreasman2253]

Q

[@remy_spores_on_IG_sells237]

Hit up 👆 the handle..He ships 🍄🍫💊💨….

[@murdock3594]

I've had 8 friends die this last year because they got clean and lost there tolerance. Relapse one time and die from this Poison that's in our country. Makes me so sad to see places like this that literally promote drug use instead of telling ppl why they shouldn't do it. In 2020 I od 7. Got hit with narcan 7 times. I lucky to be alive right now. I just can't get on board with these places.

[@dayellabunny]

not all heroes wear capes. You're a good one. Be Safe.

[@tripadvizer4879]

@@murdock3594 its literally harm reduction.

[@stickmane91]

Made my eyes water hearing the passion that woman had talking about opening the OPC in Manhattan. Ive been clean 2 years after a decade long dance that started with oxys, led to heroin, and then turned into the nasty fentanyl/designer benzodiapine mix thats ravaging the country now. Nearly killed me as I OD'd in 2020 and spent 2 months in the ICU recovering. Im glad to see that the stigma around drugs is slowing starting to change in this country. Addicts are people too - theyre just ill, and need help and compassion

[@tommyroelroel4518]

I deal with several mental health disorders and as a result to drown out the pain I used. I was a Fentanyl and Percocet addict, for only a year I'd say, but the horrific effects of withdrawals and other issues are enormous; and I only used for a year whereas other use for a longgg time. I am so blessed that I didn't die or end up homeless and broke, and am so grateful to have found sobriety and to be here today. I pray for everyone out there struggling. If you try, and put in the work, no matter how bad the pain is; the beauty of sobriety outweighs that pain. Never give up.

[@rhondafunk2680]

Congratulations on your sobriety!! I once was addicted to oxycodone 30mg pills approximately 30 pills a day, but word on the street was fentanyl I had no idea what that was and I was told that they are mixed in with the pills I was doing. That’s when I got help 30 years ago and I’m proud to say I’m clean but it wasn’t by myself I had to have suboxone for help and sometimes I still feel like I still need just a tiny piece of a sub strip like an 1/8 cuz even after all these years I still feel like I’m having withdrawals. I also have mental health issues as well as chronic pain. We need these places in USA 🇺🇸

[@rhondafunk2680]

Also my addiction started with a doctor prescribing me opiates.

[@tommyroelroel4518]

@@rhondafunk2680 Thank you for your kindness. I was doing the Perc30's (Oxycodone30mg) and then ended up buying street Percs, all pressed with fetty, and to my own knowledge I still took them. I feel you, sometimes I get a baby craving too. and god bless you on your sobriety. I found that writing a book about addiction really helped me, and I managed to publish it.its not big time book but its something, we dont need to let our past addictions define us entirely. Godspeed

[@tommyroelroel4518]

@@rhondafunk2680 Yeah I was obtaining them, the real 30's, from a corrupt doctor in FL but I moved and ended up buying Roxy and Percs off the street.

[@josephparker5678]

​@@rhondafunk2680 that is a story I hear time and time again it's sad how doctors just gave those out like candy

[@nevitt2236]

I don't care what drugs people take, I care what they do while on them and what they are doing to get them.

[@nikkiseashores82]

Well said

[@demolazer]

Exactly. This is a win-win for everyone.

[@astrorobinson3716]

Well why they’re taking them matters too.

[@BraydenBomb2006]

@@astrorobinson3716I use them for utility purposes. Like when I was camping I used crystal to stay awake. Probably not much more cardiotoxic than caffeine. I prefer caffeine though, meths kinda disgusting

[@AwokenEntertainment]

The lady who comes there to feel love can really teach us a lot..

[@craigrogers2009]

Oh no 😂 doubt

[@Tite_xtian]

He ships 👆👆::…

[@Mydadwillkickyourbutt]

Facts

[@justinpell3760]

I'm so thankful and grateful for you guys.Im a recovering addict myself. I guess if the government is going to do nothing atleast let someone else help and stay the hell out of the way

[@cblowrey9210]

We do recover!!! 4 years baby. You are not alone if you are struggling, please reach out!!!

[@ogamibirdflu5152]

Damn it made my eyes water when I saw the lady at the end seeing that lady get all the stuff she needed, her doctor being nice and helpful and her feeling normal and working a job. I want that so bad. It's really heartwarming to know that addicts out there are able to live a life that isn't hell. I'm so happy for that woman. I know her life was hell before. When I was able to afford opiates and they were pharmaceutical grade my life was actually really normal. Once the government cracked down on doctors and people could no longer get prescriptions everything got so bad. I had always used Heroin but I preferred pharmaceuticals because I knew how much I was taking and it was safer. Even before Fentanyl people still overdosed (it was just not common). Before Fentanyl I knew one person who passed away from opiates, now ive lost count. Ive personally overdosed so much that I stopped counting. If I had a program like the one at the end of the video, I know I would be okay and not feel horrible all the time. Anyway, I'm ranting.

[@masonboone1089]

Im with you on that man I wish it was a program like that here in America us. Things would be so much better. At the end of the day I want to quit but it's so hard man my girlfriend doesn't understand she thinks it's like quiting a cigarette but it's sooooo much worse than that. The withdrawals are hell man I wish I never got on this stuff but I need them to feel normal I need them so I won't be sick.

[@ryanjofre]

100% Addicts deserve their humanity. These guys are saving allot of lives. Good luck with getting sober!!!🙏

[@Obiwanjacobyx7x]

I agree with you 100%. Legalizing drugs, especially opioids, would help so many people live a normal life once again. MAT is awesome, yes, but it's only so effective. At the beginning, the doses are so tiny that you have to use your normal drug of choice, alongside methadone, just to keep the withdrawals away. Once you get further along in your MAT program, you can fully rely on the methadone, but until you get to that point, it can be very difficult. Legalizing the drugs in the first place and providing the very same drugs would prevent crime, increase employment rates among opioid addicts, and help those using get into better situations, especially if they're homeless. If I had a program like this that would help me get stabilized and normal, I would be more than happy to hold a full-time job, get insurance, and not worry my mother so much. But the pain I feel everyday is so intense, and the withdrawals are absolute hell, but nothing else can touch my pain and let me feel normal and work at all.

[@derrekvanee4567]

Methadone or buprenorphine my friends. It's a ahite drug that just as hard to get off without killing yourself in pain but you can get your life back together thst is what matters.

[@ryanjofre]

@@derrekvanee4567 That’s bullshit. It’s a wonderful drug for people with chronic pain. The problem is that it has a longer half-life so the withdrawal is longer than heroin or Oxycodone. Please don’t be so negative. I just took my father to a cancer treatment.

[@solanum6039]

I’m in a clinic like that in Germany. Two hits of heroin a day. The prescription costs €10/month. I’m in college and have been doing quite well these past few years. This should be available everywhere.

[@wr238]

Wish we had that here in SF, CA, USA

[@jeremysmith6557]

It's like that in Germany? Did not know that. Tresor has been on my bucket list for years

[@andrewweaver2517]

I've been sober over 7 years now. A harm reduction center saved my life. Thanks to them I didn't catch anything while I did use.

[@leiajiang7877]

congrats dude.

[@bunk95]

Are you participating in any government/religion/industry? How’d you become a slave when sober?

[@JSSKA73]

Almost 6 yrs here... WE DO RECOVER.

[@dandavid2027]

Do you think cutting cold turkey is less effective?

[@beynickiana]

Congratulations on your sobriety!

[@opiumdensRus]

The doctor/director of the Vancouver heroin clinic is by far the most intelligent, progressive, opioid treatment provider I have ever heard talk sense. If all politicians and world leaders allowed for his solution to overdose/fentanyl/homelessness/incarceration and crime, the success rate would be overwhelmingly obvious. Every country that allows for heroin clinics has not reversed decision to allow them because the success rate is generally in 75-90% rate regarding all issues listed above.

[@YungChem]

He’s part of a research program tho

[@stella6051]

I totally agree with everything you said. I wish they would bring this kind of treatment to the UK

[@opiumdensRus]

The reality of fentanyl is that it is an invasive species. Anyone who ever used real heroin compared to synthetic fentanyl labgrown would unanimously agree that they didn’t know they were doing fentanyl until they found out it was being mixed into heroin street supply until it replaced heroin street supply due to dealers

[@MelModica]

Lost my 22 year old nephew to fentanyl last month!!! If you even know someone you care about has used herion or any street drug it is literally dangerous to leave them alone! Don’t give up on them and always have multiple narcan! I live in a small nowhere town, I did not know fentanyl was here. It is literally everywhere! Lost way too many to drugs, it’s devastating! This is the true epidemic!

[@jimalford6359]

Sorry to read about your family member

[@skuzzlebutt9745]

@@jimalford6359i love using fentanyl its the best feeling ever

[@dmo848]

There is no heroin on the streets anymore. It's all junk chemicals that are 20 times worse

[@BraydenBomb2006]

Always let a family member or friend watch you when trying out a new batch

[@ShiftyCDN]

The comment section just highlights the division around drugs and addiction. It's a complex issue that certainly has no easy solution, but I think trying out new ideas is better than continuing evidently flawed approaches.

[@leahdavis8446]

Agreed!! 💯👏😊

[@jamesmitch9792]

I wonder which race is doing most of the drugs?

[@teethgrinder83]

@@jamesmitch9792 does it matter! People are people

[@Bringon-dw8dx]

@@jamesmitch9792 depends what type of drugs and what type of use. It’s more tied to poverty anyway

[@meatshowstudio3159]

@@Bringon-dw8dx while that’s true theirs plenty of rich or ppl who don’t live check to check who are functioning addicts so it’s a big grey area that I think the government should works towards making addiction as a whole a disease rather then a societal no no

[@Obiwanjacobyx7x]

It's time for this country to make a change in how we look at addiction and those affected. Opioid addicts are pretty much always psychologically stable, and could live a completely normal life, if only facilities like this were available across the US. So many addicts would become so much more productive members to society and the stigmas attached would fall apart. Doctors should just give people the damn drugs and narcotics they want. No discrimination.

[@coreywillis7129]

Says the drug addict, believe me, all of the non addicts are pissed when they see this weak, leftist, cry baby bullshit

[@elliotkeitges8165]

I agree with you 100 percent. This is the primary step we as a country need to take right now.

[@Boomhauersdad]

Haha look at San Francisco and Philadelphia. Your comment is null and void

[@sectorcodec]

@@BoomhauersdadYou mean places without prescription heroin? Doesn’t prove your point dude. Look at Switzerland. They’ve been using this model for years and it’s one of the nicest countries in the world to live in.

[@TheRibsta420]

@@Boomhauersdad damn they started programs like this in Philly an SF? NO THEY DIDNT THAT WHY ITS LIKE IT IS THERE! LEGALIZE DRUGS AN U TAKE THE CRIMINAL ELEMENT OUT OF THE PICTURE! UR COMMENT IS JUST VERY UNEDUCATED!!

[@laurenalexismur1999]

I wasn’t sure about how I felt about this until I watched it. I think this is radical but only something radical can save us from this epidemic. This is the start of a change. You might not even do drugs, but someone you love probably does so this epidemic affects you too. I lost my bf to an OD in January 2023. Life will never be the same. I don’t want anyone to die a death like that or the people who love them to experience that grief. So I like this video

[@ffs6969f4u]

Drug addicts are not monsters. Every person deserves to be given the benefit of the doubt, empathy, and help. It's hard to improve your life without the love and support of others.

[@ClassWarVeteran]

I know this to be true from personal experience

[@anonymousdelta7339]

It’s super hard when that person is very stubborn. My girlfriend’s cousin is highly addicted and when you talk to him about it he gets hostile. It came to the point where yes, I see the human in him. But the human in me gave in one time when he asked how much Xanax he should pop because he’s already crossed off weed, cocaine, and alcohol. I was so irritated with him being a druggie I told him pop it all already. I wouldn’t care if he died if this is his life let him learn right? It’s so unfortunate. Idk why they get into it to begin with.

[@The0men710]

usely we push the ones away that care and love us when in addiction

[@ClassWarVeteran]

@@anonymousdelta7339 and you wonder why they keep on doing it???

[@brucegreen5781]

Lol white lives matter⚪️🗑💩💊💉😂🥴😵‍💫😵

[@buckalvinpossumweight6252]

I type this while feeling the effects of Klonopin and hydrocodone. I am in my 40's and drug's have been a blessing and a curse in my life. Overall, I think drug's are a blessing to mankind. When it comes to using illicit drug's recreationally, education is key to avoiding the highest risk situations. #FREETHEDRUGS

[@aceboogisback9946]

What’s shown in the video is a step in the right direction, but until the environmental factors leading to drug addiction, crime, and homelessness are addressed in full, there won’t be a significant reduction. And unfortunately, the US doesn’t have the infrastructure to tackle all three problems simultaneously, which is the only way things would really improve.

[@jingbot1071]

Nor is it interested in acquiring public infrastructure. It's basically a libertarian hell hole.

[@Tite_xtian]

I got my product from him ☝️☝️….

[@Sniperboy5551]

Personally, I don’t blame environmental factors. Some people just have mental health issues and drugs are naturally the easiest fix for them. It’s hard to work through anxiety, depression and trauma on your own. Drugs provide an easy escape for people who are suffering. If we can treat both the mental health diagnoses along with the substance abuse, we can help addicts eventually live fulfilling lives. It’s a public health issue, not a criminal justice issue.

[@dambigfoot6844]

We do have the infrastructure to just not the totalitarian governmental system to. Afghanistan was the world supplier of heroin with an extremely high addiction rate but was able to force addicts into treatment and confiscate the drug supply within months after taking power. The free will Libertarian mindset cannot begin to think about combatting the drug crisis. It’s a Libertarian problem and free drugs to coddle the addicts is a Libertarian solution that obviously will not work.

[@Megaritz]

The fact that the richest nation on earth has a homelessness crisis is insane. We desperately need universal housing, as well as drug legalization and universal healthcare.

[@no0o0ot74]

Thank you to Manisha and the team for such intimate and thoughtful reporting. It is really strong journalism to share the knowledge and teachings from within the community!

[@remy_spores_on_IG_sells237]

Hit up 👆 the handle..He ships 🍄🍫💊💨….

[@gabby7966]

i agree

[@Tite_xtian]

Contact 👆👆

[@dambigfoot6844]

What community are you talking about? The drug addict community teaching other drug addicts to “rotate” their veins?

[@brucegreen5781]

Lol white lives matter⚪️🗑💩💊💉😂🥴😵‍💫😵

[@FocusBeDrifting]

Don't do drugs kids, its really the only way to stop a lot of the BS in our society.

[@VishalSingh_]

Absolutely Sir

[@bazz6490]

Just say No. It's alot easier than you think

[@lmsorenson8503]

🤷‍♂️ "just say no" is a lot easier to say to people when you assume that users all have some sort of base level of environmental stability, financial stability, emotional stability, many factors that play here and a lot of people do not have the foundational nor supplemental support they need at times. Just say no sounds, comes across as and is very dismissive.

[@HE-162]

@@bazz6490 just say no to cancer, or diabetes, or mental illness, right? Medical science has known and agreed for a long time that addiction is a disease, not a choice. It comes in many forms, from food to sex to video games to drugs, but it all works the same way in the brain. Those who say “just say no” rarely took their own advice, having not said no to alcohol or weed. Both are drugs that are equally as dangerous for those predisposed to addiction, and yet are completely accepted in society. Most addicts are not living on the street. They’re your co-workers, your friends, etc. They manage in secret, without people seeing it until it’s too severe to hide, and they get treatment before ending up homeless because they’re fortunate enough to have a support system that was able to catch them. Plenty of homeless folks who are sober but on the street due to medical debt or some other crisis, and having no support system meant there was no one to catch them. It’s really no different. Just say no is a joke. No one knows they’re an addict until after that first drink or smoke, or that first pill from the doc. Just say no is bullshit

[@bazz6490]

@@HE-162 it's easy to say NO when you know what the consequences can be for taking drugs. Don't act like all these drug addicts didn't know drugs were bad for them

[@Julian-gh6fn]

Much respect to that doctor putting himself on the frontline of doctoring not just the ill but the sick inspiring the soul to go for that level

[@MarcSherwood]

When you look at the deographics of IV drug users you see that it is people from all walks of life who can fall into the trap of addiction. Doctors like him see these people as humans needing help, where many others just want to cross the street.

[@bajorekjon]

He's a doctor that's literally his job.

[@samstits8982]

They can get heroin but I can’t get Vicodin for my chronic pain. Nice.

[@adequate673]

yep end of the world

[@Bringon-dw8dx]

Because they will get the drug either way and will risk their life everytime they do, you won’t, if you do you would also go to this place

[@glass1258]

Become a drug addict and you’ll get it

[@EvilTaco]

Yeah you should also get that if it's causing you a lot of pain

[@stella-vu8vh]

Heroin maintenance is proven to be 90 percent,effective. However, blame the,govt for your,issue. Im on a methadone program becaude i cant,get,my needs met by,pain mgmt doctors.

[@georgine321]

These people are heroes. You do such important work, all of you. Proud to be from Vancouver.

[@FeedBunnies]

"give us your money or we will take your money" No junkie, no.

[@jamesmitch9792]

"I'll give you lead junkie"

[@EvilTaco]

She's not saying you have to, but what she said made absolute sense. Most addicts are poor but don't have the means to purchase enough of the substance to get by, so they have to resort to violence. Providing them with safe and legal ways to deal with their addiction will ultimately lower drug related crime

[@HE-162]

@@EvilTaco it will also lead to more recovery. Anything that increases an addicted person interacting with medical professionals who can provide treatment is going to increase recovery and lower deaths. It’s a win-win on all fronts.

[@EvilTaco]

@@HE-162 oh yeah I know, but a lot of these people don't care about anyone but themselves

[@HE-162]

@@EvilTaco sadly. These comment sections always feel like humanity is doomed. We have such a long way to go before the general public realizes that addiction is not only a disease, but one that isn’t restricted to people who “look the part”. Hell, most people don’t even realize that most addicts never end up homeless, and are actually their friends and co workers that are forced to keep it hidden and downplay it out of fear and stigma. Hopefully one day we will live in a world where society treats addicts as sick people who need support and care and compassion, the same way it’s afforded to people with diseases like cancer and diabetes.

[@aquasnippy]

I mean how can people look at what happened with alcohol prohibition and how bad that was and not think this is the same thing

[@MaterLacrymarum]

The War on Drugs is over. Drugs won. I don't think it's very useful to complain and moan about the past, as long as we learn from it. There were good intentions in the past, but that's over now. We should legalize all drugs, tax their sale, and use those revenues to fund centers for rehab and safe places for drug taking. Why? Because nothing else has worked. I will say, I believe this to be the right thing to do, but I hate it. I hate that people feel such a strong desire to get out of their head, and that reality is too dull or boring for them. I hate the they're trapped in addiction, and that choice has nothing to do with their drug taking. But I think we should go down the path I mentioned because I don't see any feasible alternatives.

[@MushieDetails]

That was the point of the war on drugs. Anti vietnam war protests and recent desegregation at the time it was passed. It was used to subgate the anti war left and minorities, specifically African americans

[@Reeeeeeekkkkkkkttttttt]

It is people just don’t wanna think their alcohol is that bad when it’s probably in the top 5 worst drugs…..

[@Skateandcreate9]

Bias and ignorance

[@whitneyw.7919]

Do we want heroine use rates similar to the rates that Americans use alcohol? Should the heroine use rate be 90-95% because that is what would occur in a couple of generations upon full legalization and normalization of opioid drug use.

[@justaguy6100]

This is similar to what Switzerland has done for years, and it's a truly reality-based, grown up way to approach drug addiction. Applause.

[@leonardodalongisland]

How about NOT becoming a junkie in the first place!??

[@User_yhvz]

I hate how we try comparing ourselves to Switzerland. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see the massive difference in our populations.

[@justaguy6100]

@R Nor does it take a rocket scientist to understand the size of the population makes no difference. Good ideas are scalable.

[@azhariarif]

@@leonardodalongislandNah man accountability is not welcome here.

[@ArtU4All]

@@User_yhvz not only! “Approach” to drug addiction.. so they are “managing” it now like a chronic disease. Has it become a lucrative “medical” condition requiring other KINDS OF PHARMA? Healthy people and dead people are useless to BigPharma. Why aren’t these addicts doing some hard labor (under supervision of a doctor) to earn their food? - instead someone else has to cater to their addiction and their rehab needs. Needs ….needs needs…… I wish people who got laid off or with catastrophic illness would get THAT much attention with advocacy and resources. Every year it gets me angry more. And I care about people and their struggles. No compassion for these ones.

[@Sweethippiexo]

I’m so 50/50 on this. As someone who grew up with a drug addict mother it’s hard to imagine her being able to go somewhere and have access to use so easily. She doesn’t do hard stuff anymore, just on a ton of psych meds that are almost as bad and medical marijuana which has helped a lot. But whenever she gets under pressure or depressed she even says herself she wishes she could relapse and feels like using. Because she doesn’t have this easy access, she hasn’t relapsed. I understand it’s safer for active users but it’s also a trigger and easy way for those sober to fall right back into the horrible cycle. Marijuana and psychedelics are way way different, I mean how can you even compare that to herion and fentanyl? It’s actually insulting. You can say this isn’t enabling but it still is. Sure it’s safer, but still is destroying lives. No way around it.

[@daedricprince9446]

it may be a trigger for former addicts but that is arbirtrary as it's aimed at a different demographic. And it's not so easily available, to be prescribed any sort of OTP you need to be truly physically addicted to opioids. People who are forced to use in order to dissipate withdrawals and stay well, the high is long gone for them at this point. So not anyone can go get on it like it's a bottle shop. There's a real fallacy about hard and soft drugs, sure you can't OD on weed and psychs but they can also have damaging effects on your mind depending on predispositions. Addiction is relative so any drug has the possibility of becoming an addiction. anti drug propaganda has created a negative stigma around words like heroin and fent to people who don't even know what an opiate is let alone understand the intricacies of addiction. I dont think it's fair to compare diff drugs as they have different properties and effects. it is antithetical to suggest that this service is destroying lives as these people are going to use whether these services exist or not and by existing they are reducing ODs and saving lives which is their main priority. So the positives really outweigh any cons imo.

[@CaptainBuggyTheClown]

@Idk Damage control doesn't sound much better. Harm reduction is literally what it is and the goal.

[@justaguy6100]

Ok, if people are honest about investigating the most successful approaches to addiction, then you want to look at how Switzerland, the Netherlands, a few other Western European countries, have achieved successful mitigation to drug consumption. There will ALWAYS be those who experiment with drugs because why not, almost everyone gets drunk at least once, a whole slew of us try cannabis, many also try other drugs in their lives, and some percentage of those will become addicted. It's humanity. Love it or leave it. So these and a handful of other countries decided to be grown up about this, face reality, and find ways to mitigate loss of life, severe injury and hospitalization, spread of severe disease, and enriching a criminal enterprise by opening up clinics similar to this. Facing reality means you see the "war on drugs" as an unmitigated failure that's created the cartels that foster violence and trafficking. Blaming the addict is the juvenile approach, and the results are measured by wealthy criminals, swollen prison populations, epidemics of overdoses and associated diseases. It's time we grew up and faced this problem with REAL WORLD solutions rather than self-righteous BS.

[@cc-dtv]

Lol "enabling" That's such a hilarious mentality to have. Oh no, you're enabling somebody to not spread hepc and hiv, or enabling them to not have to steal everything they can to afford the several thousand percent black market markup incurred by prohibition. Opioids are not significantly deleterious to ones health the same way most recreational drugs are... these people have suffered MASSIVELY from prohibition, and here you are using terms like "enabling"

[@remy_spores_on_IG_sells237]

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[@3lfruler]

The opposite of addiction is not sobriety, it's connection. What a great service. thank you! 💓

[@remy_spores_on_IG_sells237]

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[@leonardodavinci3589]

though a milder form of harm reduction, I quit vaping and have moved on to using nicotine gum long term. Even this small-scale harm reduction has helped me greatly

[@sanserof7]

Vaping isn't even proven to be harmful

[@leonardodavinci3589]

@@sanserof7 I was having a cough that wouldn't go away while vaping

[@sanserof7]

@@leonardodavinci3589 Ok well yeah then its good you quit

[@chaoticatmos1461]

I have a nasty cough that won't go away while I'm smoking, but does go away if I'm vaping the correct mixture or ejuice. Which obviously also goes away while using gum or patches as well. Vaping, patches, & gum all work for me to stop smoking & inhaling tar and the thousands of other carcinogens, and so I greatly appreciate each of those methods as a form of harm reduction. I actually prefer any of those intake methods over smoking, I still get the effect I'm looking for while not putting my body through so much hell. Ridiculously though they still make smoking cheaper and more available/more accessible than any of these other methods.

[@465marko]

Good for you Da Vinci. I find the gum just doesn't quite cut the mustard, though. I've got 4mg - which doesn't sound like much to me - but that's the highest I could find. Apparently for people who smoke 20 or more a day, which I never did. But I do vape a lot, so maybe that brought my nic tolerance up a bit. I just can't quite rely on the chewy, so if I really don't want to vape, I cut out a square of wicking cotton, put a few drops of unflavoured juice on it and stick it between my cheek and gum. That hits.

[@philsophkenny]

A compassionate treatment of addicts is the only way forward.

[@tite_xtian_on_IG]

Hit up ⬆️🔝the handle he ships safely 🍄💊🍫

[@ole86]

@Gary Dorfner US never tried. Look at Europe: Less addicts, less deaths, less drug related crime without force

[@remy_spores_on_IG_sells237]

Hit up 👆 the handle..He ships 🍄🍫💊💨

[@mattabeln2848]

Baby the addict. You bury the addict

[@philsophkenny]

@@mattabeln2848 Not a sentiment supported by evidence.

[@elestromusicgamesfun1101]

Truth is that people dislike this becuase they want drug addicts to die. As a healthcare worker, I often come across and treat drug addicts and I think this is SO good. This is the future.

[@bunk95]

Drug addict is a label for a fictional character. Do you know what you’re speaking about, besides a fictional story?

[@boad8270]

@@bunk95 what are you saying?

[@bunk95]

@@boad8270 addiction is a label for a fiction story. Used to slander abuse/torture victims. Have you not studied the human body at all?!!

[@elestromusicgamesfun1101]

@@bunk95 - Substance addiction is a label for someone who suffers from substance addiction. I don't get what you're trying to say here

[@yharr3789]

The U.S.A is tanking it in education, but don't worry, we gave all the drug addicts a place to freely do whatever drugs they want.

[@sadeyedlady4U]

Cheers to Onpoint for saving lives!!!

[@Tite_xtian]

👆👆The handle above has the best tips and stuffs for micro dosing shrooms, psych meds, dmt trips, psilocybin and ships swiftly 🍄…..💊

[@camillapalmer82]

I treasure my sobriety as much as I cherish my own life.

[@LeonSheeter]

Who's the one that just first sparked this idea?? Who built up the courage to just go for it.. how?? this is very inspiring & beautiful. You geyser amazing. All of you.

[@jbh5294]

We have to stop making addicts criminals … it’s an illness caused by peoples pain and life issues … hats off to these people caring for these people .

[@bunited4408]

really now, most of them are violent criminals that have no love for themselves. How can you be a decent person that loves others if you don't even love yourself.

[@grandmabalducci842]

Laura Shaver, the woman interviewed that works with VANDU, is also on the editorial board for Crackdown. Crackdown is a podcast set in Vancouver and produced by members of VANDU. It is an award winning podcast that give you a glimpse into the reality facing many drug users in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver. Written, edited and produced by drug users, it provides peer reviewed academic insights into drug use, alongside heart wrenching and heart warming human stories. I could not recommend this enough.

[@ArtU4All]

Thank you for this info. I wish Vice would have more of such information. Nobody set-up free pulmonary and oncology clinics for die-hard smokers - HOW COME????? They had to quit smoking or get treatment for the medical outcomes, or both. At their own cost. And they would live to tell the tale: “don’t start smoking”. Per medical lit, smoking is the hardest to quit. Harder than the narcs or alcohol.

[@redbullbundy]

These people are saints. If these were everywhere tens of thousands of lives would be saved.

[@Tite_xtian]

Hit up ⬆️🔝the handle he ships safely 🍄💊🍫

[@crack61616]

they want that those people die.

[@matt8847]

You are clueless about how homeless people actually behave. They see this as not only free drugs, but free housing, and food. They get a charcuterie board of opioids and then you people think they will magically find it easier to quit?

[@DMWBN3]

Yeah but drugs & the war on them is a machine that creates billions for governments & dealers alike. There needs to be more places like this. It works, also not arresting for personal use, in Portugal drugs were decriminalised I think, not totally legal but more or less. OD’s dropped by a HUGE %. Also new users are not as attracted as no peer pressure as it’s not ‘naughty’ Crime has fallen, hospitals have become more available & this in turn keeps costs down & lives are being saved. It works. Look at Portugal & see the facts for yourself. DW - England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@courtneykubayko9904]

I hate when people are against this type of stuff and say it's enabling. Clearly they live in a bubble where addicts don't exist. I worked in a drug infested area and weekly or bi-weekly there would be an overdose in our establishment's bathroom. If a site like this existed, where I live, it would save lives, prevent the transfer of HIV and Hep C, prevent infections and give addicts a ton of needed support.

[@aronbrook2316]

prescription heroin .do you want 50mg or 100mg ? asked the doctor..let the addict decide..omg she wants 100mg so surprised?

[@Alex-ne1xj]

I hate when non addicts think they know more about addiction than people who have turned their life around🤦🏽‍♂️ It’s enabling

[@aronbrook2316]

@@Alex-ne1xj supplying opiates to a junkie?

[@Alex-ne1xj]

@@aronbrook2316 what’s next you trynna supply junk food to an obese person who wants to lose weight…🤦🏽‍♂️

[@courtneykubayko9904]

@@Alex-ne1xj I'm in recovery from heroin/fentanyl addiction and think would have been beneficial to me. Addicts are going to get drugs one way or another. I just think it's better in a controlled environment where you know what you're getting and you have a safe way to do the drugs and can be monitored. Is it really better for someone to think they are getting one thing and get something totally different and OD, or shoot up with some dirty rig infected with Hep C? The point is addicts are gonna use at any cost, why not make it safer? I guess what I'm trying to say in short is HARM REDUCTION. Of course it's not an ideal situation...but we can help make it less dangerous in some ways.

[@Deeno282]

Giving everything out but the pure drugs

[@RadagonTheRed]

I started out on prescription painkillers from a doctor. When my doctor found out I was addicted they didn’t want to know and referred me to a methadone clinic. Then I became a heroin addict. I’ve been on methadone for nearly a decade now.

[@Strathobbiesandknickknacks]

I thought Kailin See at 2:58 looked vaguely familiar to me for some reason, so I looked her up and sure enough, she used to be a movie actress from before 2010. Wow, what a change of careers! I fully support her mission, though, good for her.

[@remy_spores_on_IG_sells237]

Hit up 👆 the handle..He ships 🍄🍫💊💨….

[@merk.9285]

they scam^^

[@465marko]

Without even checking the timestamp I know you gotta be talking about the hot one. lol Well I thought she was nice looking, anyway. Good for her - as long as she's not just researching for a role....

[@charlieray3654]

“Give us free drugs we won’t rob your house”- actual quote from interviewee lmao

[@Tite_xtian]

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[@bikereikikere3117]

LOL

[@johnwright7916]

More like "give me genuinely good and effective therapy to help my addiction so that my addiction doesn't further hurt others"

[@BrettMerrow]

Tbh not everyone who gets addicted to opiates will steal. There are many of those who will just be sick until someone helps, or they find $$. Lots of people won’t ever think about stealing. No matter how much pain they’re in. I don’t have respect for those that rob.

[@TeaCup1940]

I think there should be more rehabilitation clinics. Harm reduction is not the full solution yo this issue. Also prevention should be a priority. Society is clearly broken if that many people young and not so young feel the need to consume substances that they know can kill them and destroy their lives.

[@apathetcallyurs]

As a former heroin addict, you are absolutely enabling these people.

[@apersonontheinternet3538]

Agreed their not helping anyone their just enabling to keep on

[@blakedrew2772]

Absolutely

[@matt8847]

Absolutely the woman at 8:00 is the best example. That is not a person recovering or even trying to recover. You can hear how giddy and happy her voice is when she learns she is getting a fentanyl patch.

[@jasminf1281]

Honestly it’s the same as alcohol 🤷🏽‍♀️ you can get liquor anywhere !!

[@danakaleb4882]

@@jasminf1281 exactly. It just takes longer to kill you.

[@reklaw3603]

how many people in the world would admit to an addiction and seek help? be it alcohol, caffeine, opiates or any other habit forming substance?

[@Bettinasisrg]

If they weren't so judged or criminalized then many would.

[@sdsurfgirl60]

I hear you

[@kmkcopkiller]

I've been searching for help for so long and can't even find a methadone clinic to get into or suboxone...

[@teapea85]

My addiction was gambling for a good 10 years. That's just as bad as a physical addiction but what a relief to be free of it

[@eternallyrising1673]

For fear of losing their jobs, families and anything else that they still have claim to most keep it to themselves

[@gloomyloomi]

this was incredibly eye opening and i want to cry. thank you so deeply. i really believe the world can slowly start to become a better place once this message is wider spread and understood ♡

[@matt8847]

None of these people are "helped" in fact they are getting far worse... the woman that was on morphine, a fentanyl patch, and a benzo isn't getting help, she is falling further into addiction and making it harder for her to ever quit.

[@gloomyloomi]

@@matt8847 cool opinion

[@matt8847]

@@gloomyloomi shut up woman

[@gloomyloomi]

@@matt8847 exactly. get off the internet karen 😘

[@matt8847]

@@gloomyloomi you look pretty passable for a trans woman I'll give you that

[@jhohnerman2223]

That isn't solving the problem either.

[@h.Freeman]

The way addiction and use is treated in the USA Needs to change. Getting the prescription for pills was easy at the time. Then suddenly they started kicking people who needed the prescriptions off of them without treatment to facilitate getting off of the pills they prescribed. Now when u go to get help with Suboxone it's a nightmare. Just as quick as they were to prescribe they won't be as quick to help u get clean...you know because of "do no harm"

[@bunk95]

Prescriptions for drugs like opium isn’t worth the life and resources necessary. It requires a lot of abuse/possibly torture to make a human think the life/resources spent getting a prescription is worth it for anyone. Drugs like opium, cocaine, etc. aren’t a problem. Do you know what you’re actually discussing?

[@DaveSCameron]

AMERICA AND BRITAIN ARE BACKWARDS! EITHER THEY HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN THIS MADNESS OR WE LIVE IN WONDERLAND!

[@leonardodalongisland]

Yea, blame the "system" not the junkie-who (most of the time) chose to use-illegal drugs.

[@remy_spores_on_IG_sells237]

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[@Tite_xtian]

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[@Evanmuller-n5z]

What good is this without giving clean drugs? The fentanyl is FLESH EATING now. Let people do that?!

[@yumcha16]

Did you not listen? Thats the whole point. They are prescribed clean medical grade heroin and fent. Not taking street bought drugs in there...

[@riteshshinde3092]

Thank God I'm too afraid of needles to even try this.

[@Tite_xtian]

I got my product from him ☝️☝️….

[@protitikhan3861]

Vicarious trauma is a real thing as displayed by the crying blond woman who has struggled to bring this site to legitimacy. People are disposable in our modern society and people who struggle with addiction are even more unwanted and seen as a problem. It's heartbreaking. People who are working on harm reduction are vilified by society but I think they're the best of us.

[@Tite_xtian]

👆👆The handle above has the best tips and stuffs for micro dosing shrooms, psych meds, dmt trips, psilocybin and ships swiftly 🍄…..💊

[@eternallyrising1673]

Crème de le creme no doubt

[@matt8847]

They aren't preventing harm, they are just prolonging it. She has helped absolutely no one get their life back together, she has helped them relapse.

[@matt8847]

They have caused 450 overdoses, lmao yet they brag that they reversed them...

[@ttamn92]

I wish like hell that we could have something like this in Ohio..believe it or not but when I was in active addiction using both heroin and cocaine I worked a full time job and I kept it for over 12 years and when I started doing treatment and started my methadone program (I had tried everything else and had no luck) but the laws with methadone are really different than the other types of MAT I've tried and it works so well for me and I've been able to live a better but worse life because I haven't been able to keep a decent job at all ever since because of the requirements for the people who are prescribed methadone over something like suboxone and such but you can't really keep a schedule and ive lost so many jobs because I was delayed at the clinic for sometime hours and so I decided to get 2nd shift jobs and still have issues getting to the job because of the other requirements I have like mandatory mental health appointments and mandatory attendants to NA/AA meetings outside of the clinic system plus the group meetings and counseling sessions in the clinic system and don't get me wrong I'm thankful for the clinic and the things it has done for me but just because of the drug I'm prescribed I'm required to do all this extra stuff that has been good for me but damn yall I still got to work too and that's making it hard and making it feel like I should just go back to using again and atleast I could work a full time job and be able to pay my bills again..I know I was lucky before and I was different than most addicts because I didn't loose everything but I'm loosing it all now trying to stay clean..just seems wrong that if suboxone had worked for me I could just have 1 appointment a month and a few meetings and be good but with my medication I'm required to do all these things even after 18 months of clean drug tests ....just don't feel right

[@ncrmh]

everyone needs to read this.

[@FelixTheForgotten]

As soon as you start thinking like that, you are 2 steps away from making a decision that you will regret. You considering going rogue and using drugs again is a dangerous sign. Go talk to a professional and keep yourself in check. As soon as you start to consider/fantasize about using, your subconscious is already infected by the false glamour of the idea. Watch yourself because within the next few weeks your sobriety efforts could be under serious threat.

[@shari9721]

PLEASE tell this to your doctor , mental health person , group meeting person , and counselor , it is absolutely absurd and wrong that this is happening and that someone working so hard to stay clean is being set up to fail by the very system that is supposed to be helping . They need to change things and fix it so this doesnt happen .

[@Tite_xtian]

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[@Tribuneoftheplebs]

I would do research on other more progressive states and their policies on this and move there

[@mglizzy319]

These clinics and bills are enabling drug use, a better way is to use all the money to give people rehab, care, therapy. People say they need drugs to ween off; this is true and there’s actual medication/ medical drugs to do so. Users aren’t monster but there’s a better way to go about this.

[@yumcha16]

Works for some not all. Hence why these clinics are being trialed. What your talking is already available. Again works for some not all... there's no one size fits all treatment for people. We need options. This is a good thing to have available to the people who need it

[@goofytuna6077]

I understand the use for places like these. But the lady’s justification for it, basically saying “you should keep these places open or we’re going to rob and kill your kids” is vile and disgusting.

[@deem2013]

Yeah that is a pretty f’d mentality. The drugs should be decriminalized not the property crimes to acquire

[@ArtU4All]

That’s right She is blackmailing us. And I do understand why she says that. But I am surprised Vice chooses her to feature.

[@demolazer]

It might be disgusting, but it's the reality like it or not.

[@Sniperboy5551]

Legalize all drugs, it’s the only way that we can have a healthier society with fewer overdose deaths. If people are struggling, give them help instead of a jail sentence.

[@om-nj2hw]

People can't even give up their simple food addiction, yet judging drug addicts

[@vlad1889]

You need food to live. Of course, I know what you mean it's hard to eat healthy and not consume junk food but it's still FOOD. I don't think a guy will lose his house and family because he smashed few burgers and bags of chips 😆

[@thewolf2153]

People “falling on their knees crying” because they can “safely” inject poison into their veins? People are just abysmal for the most part.

[@mallarieluvsgirls]

you don’t have the depth to understand or have the empathy for it.

[@Bexbecgood]

This is the most absolutely ludicrous waste of money and time and energy I’ve ever seen. The enabling is mind blowing. I’m in shock at this.

[@ccinSFfruitloop]

Are you dense when it comes to harm reduction. This costs LESS than the ER visits, HIV treatment, crimes they commit, court costs. We have a segment of society that is without a sense of purpose. It’s either this or we lock them up which costs more. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@cumball47]

womp womp we can tell you haven't watched more than one minute of the video you don't have to make it so obvious ya silly goose

[@Bexbecgood]

Oh trust me I watched the whole 13:48 min video. 13 min of my life I’ll never get back.

[@ccinSFfruitloop]

so why don't you understand harm reduction? this costs taxpayers LESS than having them clog up ERs or shoplift. At least according to their research and data. @@Bexbecgood

[@ccinSFfruitloop]

@@Bexbecgood oh so you just struggle with comprehension. Got it.

[@Guda88]

Won't be raided by county and state police the federal government can still raid it.

[@LegendofNelda]

Makes me embarrassed to be Canadian. Look at cities like Vancouver. Disgusted

[@Smokey42096]

They need to stop enabling these junkies to have free drugs in a “safe” place to use them. This isn’t going to stop anyone from being addicts, the most is might do is ensure someone with narcan is nearby when you do OD. It’s like giving money to a known addict, they’re just going to keep doing drugs and thinking it’s okay because they have opened a space for it.

[@roo9812]

right, bcs ppl never did drugs before this was opened

[@Smokey42096]

@@roo9812 it encourages them to continue.

[@unitedchainsofamerica]

Fantastic documentary. Unfortunately people like my parents are never going to change their views the older generation is going to have to die out. They're just Rock solid on their hatred for anything or anyone that would even dare touch a substance.

[@sendthis9480]

That’s not true…AT ALL. There are plenty of older folk embracing all sorts of options. Don’t be cliche and make this a generational argument. The generation you’re crying about is THE ONES that made this all possible in the first place. Your parents are just stubborn. Sorry / not sorry.

[@sendthis9480]

My Dad is 65…I just went with him to the dispensary for the first time the other day. What’s YOUR parents issue?

[@FeedBunnies]

Tell me you are a junkie without telling me you are a junkie.

[@killthemall55]

@@sendthis9480 obviously there is always an outlier for anything. in this case, people like your dad. but in general, most people around our parents' age are extremely anti-drug.

[@theendurance]

That’s just their opinion. No one has to like drugs or drug users. I don’t really see anything wrong with that?

[@roadtosobriety]

I did crystal meth for 13 years and now take benzodiazepines just to get through work/the day. Doing meth gave me severe social anxiety, acrophobia and crazy thoughts from time to time. I was prescribed Ativan. Then clonazepam. I want to only depend on Jesus to get me through this mental war but it isn’t easy. I did this to me, not God.

[@Tite_xtian]

Hit up ⬆️🔝the handle he ships safely 🍄💊🍫

[@Twestliw]

This is absolutely not the right way to go on this issue. It is absolutely enabling.

[@tripadvizer4879]

This is harm reduction. If these sites didn't exist more people would be dying. They wouldn't magically stop using. They would find a way on the street where anything goes and u can be given a bag of fent- dope or one of fenanyls many more STRONGER analogs. If you think fent is dangerous, u have no idea. This is the right step in compassionate care.

[@Twestliw]

@@tripadvizer4879 these should be “free “rehabs not free get your fix center wtf dying is the only deterrent if any people have to drugs take that away and you have a lot of high do nothing bags of meat zombies in our world that’s not how society advances..

[@nnexa4]

What's the alternative?

[@tripadvizer4879]

@@Twestliw ok and what about the millions of people who go to rehab and still use after? This is a disease we are talking about. There's not just a one stop answer. Rehabs are great but like the guy who owns this safe usage site said, it doesn't always work out. Dying is not the only deterrent when you're sick with addiction. Be compassionate.

[@deeppurple883]

This is the way to go, this war on drug's is lost . Let the healing begin 👊☘️

[@DaveSCameron]

Spot on yes!! The only casualties of this are me and you my friend, love from Liverpool 🇬🇧

[@gg.youlubeatube6249]

There is simple statement, more suicidal means less suicidal. Other way around, the cheapest solution is, just wait. Problem solves it selves. Pouring money on it only makes it worst.

[@deeppurple883]

@@DaveSCameron same back pal, from across the pond, Dublin City. Pool have a good Vet, in Bill Moore. Happy Xmas 👊☘️🎄

[@DaveSCameron]

@@deeppurple883 Good man and enjoy yourself over there. ☘️ 🙏☃️🎄

[@remy_spores_on_IG_sells237]

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[@heatherryan9820]

I love her last comment: "I'm not here to promote drug use, I'm here to promote Saget to those who are already using. "

[@StayPositive-sd8op]

This burns me to see how someone that's on prescribed pills and now being reduced or even stopped.. but these folks give everything to people on the synthetic crap.

[@yumcha16]

Difference is doctors aim isn't to get you hooked on a drug. It's to give you enough to do the job needed. These people are already addicted. So stopping their supply is not the greatest option. This is maintence therapy for if you aren't able to stop. It's not somewhere to go and have a try of heroin for kicks and create an addiction....

[@pistol0grip0pump]

I might not be religious, but I believe 100% that Angels exist, because they're right there! These AMAZING people are doing SO much for an incredibly vulnerable, at risk and often stigmatised, prejudiced, and largely ignored substrata of society. Bless these people, all of them. Yeah Seriously I hope everyone in this video gets the help, support and recovery, housing etc that they need and are able to stay safe as they embark on the very long journey that is recovery. Love y'all, stay safe out there, and just as importantly, stay happy :)

[@benitosalazar3749]

Yeah, real angels. They are keeping heaven full to the tune of 60,000 new souls every year by enabling these addicts. Progressive ideology is a cancer of the mind.

[@chopboss]

Jesus loves you bro

[@matt8847]

These are demons in disguise, do not be fooled. Do you think bars should hand out free drinks in the morning for alcoholics? Honest question because that's essentially what these clinics do.

[@soflo3218]

Those aren’t angels. Angels are supernatural beings. Giving people free drugs isn’t a cure for their addiction.

[@its_Void]

Been sober for 19 years

[@Skateandcreate9]

Been sober for 19 minutes

[@Tite_xtian]

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[@malachihazlett8297]

This is the good fight bless everyone involved

[@remy_spores_on_IG_sells237]

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[@Tite_xtian]

I got my product from him ☝️☝️….

[@JBSbass]

Sydney has had a safe injecting room in the inner city suburb of Kings Cross since the 90's. When it first opened in the first year the police used to hit up people coming out doing warrant checks and frisks which completely tanked the opening. People stopped using the service. The NSW Government had to instruct the NSW Police to lay off and stop using it to improve their statistics to allow the service to do its job. It is still running today. I now very much appreciate the fact I can sit in the open and smoke cannabis as a Medical Cannabis patient and all the cops can do it smell it, get all twisted over it and then back off when I show em its a prescription.

[@RP-wo3yy]

I’m a NY tax payer- i would much rather have my hard-earned dollars towards rehab for these folks versus ensuring that they’ll be able to “safely” do heroin 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@derrekvanee4567]

Not how it works. Thanks for playing. Please sweat your hair dye the off next time you pass lul

[@RP-wo3yy]

@@derrekvanee4567 you’re so incorrect about who I am lol

[@tonyabsoluteam3456]

more power to you! safe, clean drugs, I'll take it. places like this are not promoting drug use, they're providing options to reduce drug use on the street. and thank you to all of those that are providing or involved in these services, you are making a difference, you do have an impact! I can only hope that there will be an actual drugstore and every town. the only negative is that your average low-level drug dealer will be out of a job.

[@CobraQuotes1]

Lol yeah sure

[@bunk95]

No one willingly try’s to prevent another from using drugs like opium, cocaine, etc. What are you actually talking about?

[@Alex-ne1xj]

Imagine your son has a gambling addiction. Would you take him to a casino and give him $50,000 to bet?… why enable addiction instead of actually helping

[@bunk95]

@@Alex-ne1xj addiction isn’t real outside of fiction. So what does the rest of this story matter?

[@tonyabsoluteam3456]

@@Alex-ne1xj okay then what do you think the solution should be or would be or how should we go about this? if my son had a gambling addiction I would just get him a hooker, the odds are about the same.

[@Maya_Sylph]

This is the way to address the opioid crisis! Addicts are people too! These centers are not creating addicts, they are reducing the healthcare complications, preventing crime, (which saves healthcare and disciplinary net costs), and saving lives! Many people can use these centers to build stability in their life and health, which can help them continue to rehab and reconciliation! stigma of drug addiction is too widespread and it makes me so sad that people antagonize addicts without any research into the topic.

[@GT-mn3bx]

They never rehab. Keep believing the lie.

[@bunk95]

Addict is a word associated with a fictional character-a human dependent on substances like opium, cocaine, etc. Do you know what you’re actually discussing besides fiction?

[@Tite_xtian]

👆👆He delivers 🍄🍄📌:::

[@grungeisdead8998]

@@bunk95 so you read that "an addict" is a character in fiction and now you believe addiction isn't real and we're living in a matrix? I'm not following..

[@matt8847]

Leave your gated community maya

[@Trav81888]

I’m no angel trust me on that, however this is just extremely bizarre. There’s no other words to describe it.

[@Bringon-dw8dx]

There is just currently no better alternative

[@EvilTaco]

What's buzzard about it? Would you rather they shoot up outside and leave their needles on playgrounds or something?

[@eliteandroidgamer732]

I can't believe they are selling heroin legally

[@whitemamba0089]

Better then addicts buying off the street getting god knows what plus they provide clean needles. It may be strange to you but it is very beneficial if you have the heart to care about addicts

[@84americanwoman]

This is so bizarre to me… to me it’s more enabling use and not resolving the problem.

[@QuantumJG90]

What Canada is doing with prescription heroin, is what more countries should be doing. The war on drugs should just end already.

[@matt8847]

There is no such thing as "moderated recreational heroin" they are just hiding drug addicts not solving the problem.

[@shawnw6486]

I'm sorry, but that girl went in there and got 2 hundred something milligrams of dope, then 5mg of diazapam, which just the Diazapam would make a normal person comatose then she leaves and buys a "stimulate" which is either Crack or meth because she takes so many depressants she needs energy. She has no interest in surviving in her addiction or getting better. She's using that system to get as high as she can all day for free, where without it, she would have to come up with the money. I've seen so many people like her at the methadone clinic, which starts people out at 30mgs and people BS their way all the way to 200+mgs when they don't need anymore than 40 or 50 to not be sick and function. The thing about methadone clinics though is there are consequences to other drug use if you're using methadone. If you're like her and dose and go smoke crack or whatever else, you'll be kicked out of the program which is exactly what that place should do to people like her

[@XCHADHIGGINSX]

Amen.

[@nigelwest5776]

Amen to that this is insanity

[@n6rt9s]

The normal therapeutic dose of diazepam is 10 mg, so no, 5 mg won't "make a normal person comatose". I was on 60 mg a day for 2 weeks during my stay at a psychiatric hospital. As for the rest of your comment; punishing people is clearly more important to you than harm reduction, in which case there is nothing I can say or do to change your mind, because our core values don't align.

[@pigeonforgegokarts]

@@n6rt9s bro 60 mg is unreal

[@n6rt9s]

@@pigeonforgegokarts that's the maximum recommended daily dose in my country. I was withdrawing from opioids and the diazepam was given to manage withdrawal symptoms. It obviously wasn't given all at once, but in three 20 mg doses throughout the day

[@gregoryfuzi4745]

This is amazing they Will open a place for drug addicted people to use opiates heroin but people with severe pain are told to suffer .

[@comeoutofthedark8910]

Good point. (Point. Get it?? See what I did there??)

[@Paul__Allen]

Exactly. Cancer suffers are being denied medication.

[@lilbiggs4661]

@@Paul__Allen thats because the corporations do legalized drug crime, and this is avoiding not legalized drug crime.

[@Robin-ul1th]

@@Paul__Allen I'm a recovering addict. And a cancer patient. I started using because doctors wouldn't believe or listen to me before I was finally diagnosed. So I was self prescribing. I suffered way more just being an addict then I have being a cancer patient. I have found a lot of the blame should be on incompetent doctors, insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies.

[@Paul__Allen]

@@Robin-ul1th aren't doctors terrified to prescribe opiates die to the DEA raids

[@JanieLedeboer]

It's SO sad to listen to a lot of these stories and the people who care are brilliant! What I hate seeing is the WASTE and LITTER all over the place!

[@joshuagriffin6477]

Yay lets enable!

[@Justthatgirlish]

I’m confused why that lady at the end is prescribed all those drugs but then still stays she’s going to go out and get illegal drugs. Should not getting street drugs be a condition of being prescribed drugs? Who’s to say someone in her position wouldn’t just get the free drugs prescribed and top it up with street drugs?

[@charokittyful]

Sounded like she was going to buy meth which the clinic doesn’t provide . So she basically likes speedballs .

[@mariusvanc]

That's exactly what people do. The free stuff is not enough. Back in the day, before they made you use the free drugs in front of them, people would just take them away and sell to buy stronger street drugs. It's all just a joke.

[@Boomhauersdad]

Yea this doesn’t seem sustainable

[@youlikedyourowncomment5151]

Havent even watched it yet but i already know Vancouver will be mentioned in here

[@Tite_xtian]

⬆️⬆️ look up my handle he sells all microdosing and psychedelic stuff 💊🍄🍫🍫

[@MischievousMischief]

VICE should do a video about Switzerland and its metadone program.

[@sectorcodec]

Switzerland also uses prescription heroin, not just methadone

[@gremate]

Harlem is horrible for Drug addicts. Idk why my tax dollars keeps going to these stupid programs. If they wanna keep doing drugs let them! Just dont use my tax dollars for it!

[@darrickmalloy6909]

Fentanyl feels nothing like heroin. To me. I often wonder who came up with this garbage.

[@crichey56]

SIMPLY PUT. When i was a drug addict i thought this free drugs was a great idea. When i stopped (hell) and got my senses back i realised 'huh, giving poison to people who have poisoned themselves' yeah, thats smart..

[@mivonene]

If there are free drugs going around give it to people with cancer for example... Families are left with huge medical debts after something as awful as cancer. She works, let her pay for her own bad choices

[@lilbiggs4661]

Heres the difference. Street drugs are not profitable to corporations. They sell the drugs that eventually make people go do street drugs. You're comparing apples and oranges, but very clearly they are both problems.

[@Bringon-dw8dx]

The attitude should not be take from one vulnerable person to give to another, why can’t both groups have free access?

[@Bringon-dw8dx]

@@dianesavant2818 and we don’t have to take drugs one off group to give to the other, there are enough drugs to go around

[@dianesavant2818]

SPOT ON.

[@raphbg]

Never used or was in contact with, but that is downright respectable what theyre doing

[@thestoiccoach]

Don't know how anyone thinks legalization of these hard drugs is a good idea.

[@ruairimurnion2091]

Legalisation is regulation, legal or not people are doing these drugs. If we make them as safe as we can we make the best out of a bad situation. No one is saying that fentanyl meth or heroin is good but that how we societally perceive addiction dramatically affects addicts for the worse and kills them a lot more frequently than regulation does

[@GT-mn3bx]

It isn't. It is people dealing drugs under a guise of "help"

[@jamesmitch9792]

I know we need to ban white people instead. that's less junkies in America.

[@eckankar7756]

It's like giving more sugar to a diabetic because they miss pie.

[@salvydelacrack4155]

It's not legalizing hard drugs. It's people that have years and years of hardcore opiate addiction with zero end in sight. Its a safe source to get those drugs. You'll never stop people from getting high. That's a fact. What they're trying to do is give people regulated doses of opiods to stop over dose death and the spread of HIV and Hep-c. The main issues that come with a brutal opioid addiction is the means one will go to get them, the danger in not knowing actually what you're putting into your body, and the legality of the drug. If you had state sponsored sites like this where it is regulated, you basically squash all of that and give these people a half way chance at living. These aren't highschoolers trying heroin or a weekend warrior type of indulgence. These are people have been there done that and tried quitting many times I'm sure. Its not as easy as you'd think and there isn't a simple answer either. I think this is a step in the right direction for those who really need the help.

[@farright118]

You don't reduce drug usage by making it easier for people to use drugs

[@blakedrew2772]

@@crack61616 that makes it infinitely easier.

[@yomama412]

Outside of all those clinics are 20 drug dealers who don’t even have to look for new customers because they sit in their cars and they come to them Without fear of getting arrested

[@colleenlally-ross7105]

What she says should resonate w everyone!! That place keeps us safe from drug crime and the addict safe from ODing...win-win

[@Jackson00X]

Ur logic is ridiculous... give me drugs so I don't rob you?! Lol I mean come on. These places should be illegal. Giving people drugs is not the solution.

[@Ibn_Abdulaziz]

How come Muslim countries don't have these problems? Maybe you should focus on prevention before the cure. Implement Islamic rules that bans all means to drugs and fornication.

[@Ibn_Abdulaziz]

This is the result of atheism and liberalism. That's why religious people are moving out of liberal states that are plagued by addiction, crimes and atheism.

[@Ibn_Abdulaziz]

The Sharee'ah works. You need to implement Islamic laws in order to clean up the cities from crimes and drugs. Pornography needs to be banned and likewise fornication and lgbt. Otherwise you will collapse. You won't last if you continue following your lusts and desires. Its time to think about survival.

[@jamesmitchell6209]

@@Ibn_Abdulaziz they literally do though.... take a look at the rife addiction thats in Afghanistan. Also, just cause something isn't as widely talked in a muslim country about doesnt mean it isnt a problem

[@xMrPaintxx]

What this failed to mention is that a lot of these harm reduction places are the gateway to Suboxone/methadone, which is life changing in itself.

[@Sara-e9u]

Massachusetts fights these types of sites but complains and does nothing. Eventually they need to make the right and only choice.

[@hilaryhuderle19]

Getting free drugs means they won't have to rob you in order to get them... That argument is Laughable.

[@MaterLacrymarum]

How is it laughable? A whole lot of crime is committed simply to get the money to maintain a habit. Not to mention the various dealer networks themselves. Take away the financial incentives for the criminals, you destroy the crime. Don't get me wrong, you're not going to turn these people into law-abiding citizens, but the worst of their experience is taken care of.

[@hilaryhuderle19]

I say that for a few reasons. My initial reaction is because I feel like that argument could deafen the ears of anyone who may be sceptical of the goals of the program plus give fire to the folks who oppose the program already. I am a recovering addict, I support safe places, clean needle exchange and being able to have drugs I purchased tested so I know what I'm taking is what I want to take ie: not heroin or fentanyl. Those programs are a great idea. However, I don't feel like any negative behavior should be enabled and it seems like manipulation from the addict. I didn't choose to be an addict but I did make the choice not to steal from innocent people in order to feed my addiction. In my experience, the majority of people known to steal share similar personality traits. With or without addiction. I acknowledge that nothing can be 100%, but I feel there is no justification to give people dope for free. I was imagining one of my buddy's making the same comment to me that the women made and I think I would probably laugh at them a little. :) Peace and love

[@ArtU4All]

Yep We, the working full-time ones, and paying way more taxes, got blackmailed and taken. I am sick and tired of hearing about them, setting up tent cities and being blamed for their situation. What would happen to the society if ODs were let die? Do you think relapsing and recidivism would die with them?

[@ArtU4All]

@@hilaryhuderle19 how did you become addicted? I wish they would show more stories about the perils of the slippery slope. The lady addict in the films gets zero compassion from me. She has gotten herself a nice gig.

[@MaterLacrymarum]

@@ArtU4All What sort of statement is that? That's like saying, "if only the whiny people who don't care jumped off a cliff, we'd not have to listen to them any more." Stupid, right? Here's why you should care - these people are people just like you. They're people like your kids, your relatives. They commit crime on streets just like yours, and they sleep on streets just like yours. They go to the same stores, drive on the same roads. It matters because no matter what you think, they're every bit a part of society as you are. I don't know what kind of person would write what you did. The only word that comes to mind is sick. Honestly, the addicts can overcome their problems, but I doubt someone as careless, heartless, and self-interested as yourself is going to be able to get over it. You're truly repugnant. We care because we can, and it costs nothing. Given this is the holiday season, you'd think there'd be a tiny bit of empathy. Nope. I am soooo glad I don't know you.