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Adam Radwanski
"Almost all of the arguments against Insite, Vancouver's groundbreaking "safe injection" facility for heroin addicts, crumble under the weight of modest scrutiny. It has not, as critics predicted it would, prompted a spike in the local crime rate. It does not discourage junkies from seeking rehabilitation; on the contrary, it has given thousands of referrals to help them try to kick the habit. And contrary to the claims of some of its more confused critics, it most certainly does not turn the government into a supplier of illegal narcotics. But there is one legitimate strike against Insite: the blatant hypocrisy of effectively legalizing possession of heroin at a single, government-sanctioned facility, while arresting addicts for exactly the same offence elsewhere."
