And just how is that going to help? Really. Decriminlization could very well lead to yet more deaths, IMHO.

The overdoses will continue to happen at pretty much the same rate regardless of whether or not dercriminalization occurs. What decrim does is take the addicts out of the courts and jails, where they don't belong (unless they've committed an act of violence while stoned) and puts them in the health system where they can get some help hopefully. The real benefit is that it frees up the courts, jails, and police to concentrate on other things. And it saves money too, which should go to rehab facilities or some kind of housing where they can get high indoors where it's safe instead of out on the streets.

The benefits are obvious if enough people can be bothered to look at addiction as a massive mental health problem instead of a moral failing of a bunch of "losers" for the self-righteous and Austerity Heroes to look down their noses at.

Well for starters you'd be able to differentiate between people with a drug problem and criminals. Then you could treat them for it instead of putting them in jail.
I don't know how you figure it would lead to more overdoses instead of less.
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Think about it. These addicts get free needles, shooting galleries, free Naloxone kits when they fuck up, free drug testing, free health care and now more and more free places to carry on with their illegal and self destructive behavior.

Face it, the only way to stop this epidemic of drug abuse is to stop treating it pseudo health care issue because it isn't. It's about control, jobs and money for the enablers

Granma's not cooking her pain meds up in a spoon in some downtown eastside safe injection site. This is exactly WHY the new approach is needed. Drug addiction is mentioned and what you see is dirty back alley untermensch sticking needles in their arms as a of free choice. Over 1400 people died in BC from overdoses last year, feel free to wander down there and count them, there aren't 1400 people in the back alleys.

Were you opposed to tax money being 'wasted' passing out free condoms during the HIV crisis? To MSP money being used to provide anti-smoking products and services? You're actually denying addiction is not a public health problem?
It took over a decade to figure out alcohol prohibition didn't work, over 50 to realize marijuana prohibition didn't work, how long will it take to admit the legal system just hasn't worked?

The overdoses will continue to happen at pretty much the same rate regardless of whether or not dercriminalization occurs. What decrim does is take the addicts out of the courts and jails, where they don't belong (unless they've committed an act of violence while stoned) and puts them in the health system where they can get some help hopefully. The real benefit is that it frees up the courts, jails, and police to concentrate on other things. And it saves money too, which should go to rehab facilities or some kind of housing where they can get high indoors where it's safe instead of out on the streets.

The benefits are obvious if enough people can be bothered to look at addiction as a massive mental health problem instead of a moral failing of a bunch of "losers" for the self-righteous and Austerity Heroes to look down their noses at.

The overdoses will continue to happen at pretty much the same rate regardless of whether or not dercriminalization occurs. What decrim does is take the addicts out of the courts and jails, where they don't belong (unless they've committed an act of violence while stoned) and puts them in the health system where they can get some help hopefully. The real benefit is that it frees up the courts, jails, and police to concentrate on other things. And it saves money too, which should go to rehab facilities or some kind of housing where they can get high indoors where it's safe instead of out on the streets.

The benefits are obvious if enough people can be bothered to look at addiction as a massive mental health problem instead of a moral failing of a bunch of "losers" for the self-righteous and Austerity Heroes to look down their noses at.

If you're going to entirely make up some scenario to justify your opinion, it doesn't strengthen it, it weakens it. You don't understand that once the addiction kicks in they lost their freedom of choice and it's one hell of a process to help them regain it. You seem to be saying they'e not worth the effort so we shouldn't be trying.