BonesOfTheMoon

I'm just a bleeding heart lefty I guess. Thankfully I'm Canadian.

Exactly. It's absolutely horrible the government doesn't.

Ooh that's awful.

I really do. It's terrible. I acknowledge that there is a public nuisance and safety aspect that they bring to the community because of addiction and why people on the other side get frustrated by it, but nobody goes out in life and thinks "I'll be a homeless drug addict, that's the way to live". It's a product of multiple factors, poverty, etc. And it's absolutely terrible to try and get clean off substances, especially when you have no home to go to when you're done.

This is what happens when you have conservative governments. They're absolutely fine letting these poor people rot.

That's fucking awful.

I really wish we had very harsh punishment for drug dealers here.

I'm continually afraid they're going to topple over.

I was downtown today and saw at least 6 people doing it. It's just infected everything in the city, not just the people who are addicted and suffering, but the public nuisance and safety aspect because of them too. The library today felt so sketchy.

My neighbour who works downtown told me she flat out hates them, she goes outside to smoke and they're screaming at her to give them one and threatening her when she says no. It's terrible on both sides.

That's awful. Holy shit.

It's apparently a neuromuscular reaction to the drug in the spine. Called the fentanyl fold, someone told me in another comment. I wonder what the long term damage neurologically is.

Aww. It's so terrible to see them this way, especially because it's been an exceptionally cold December.

Ohhhhh! I didn't know that was a thing! Thank you. Fentanyl is a real problem here so of course that would be it.

These poor people. It's absolutely dreadful what's happening.

December has been cold and snowy here this year. It's kind of nice.