Comments by "Pac Man" (@pacman3556) on "Hamilton declares state of emergency" video.

Every Politician-- "We have a housing and homelessness problem" The people-- "Let's get them some help. Let's build some more low income housing and get them into programs to help" Every Politician-- "Nah.....will build a lot more million dollar condos that the average person can't afford and the average family can't fit or live in....then we can talk about homelessness on TV.....that is the real fix to the problem"
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Consultants ahahahahha...... a consultant is a person that asks to borrow your watch then tells you the time.
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so then what do you propose because criminalizing drugs is proven not to work. All it does is push drugs into the black market that spawns a lot more crime and addicts cannot get the help they need. Funny how you don't want addicts on the streets or in the parks shooting up in front of your kids or dying of ODs in front of people or in alleys yet you don't want to give them a solution to get off the streets so they are not shooting up in parks or dying in alleys. So what is your proposal?
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@dixonpinfold2582 1- I never said that we should encourage an enabling life shattering addiction. I have no idea how you jumped to that unfounded conclusion 2- I never said that laws do nothing however they clearly are not solving the problem either. Drugs are a complex issue and there needs to be a balance between proper policing to reduce supply and proper addiction treatment to reduce demand 3- not once would I say get rid of road laws because of car accidents. However using your analogy we have proper policing (i.e. the road laws) and we also have proper regulation (i.e. people are allowed to drive within restricted conditions) 4- Drug laws may do something but it clearly is not the solution and has done nothing to stop addiction. There are other ways to look at things to find better solutions.
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Loan vs spending.....learn before you speak.
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@LizaJane17 we are far more likely to get something back in the form of loan repayments or products or services etc then we are getting anything back from homelessness. I am not saying we should not help homeless people. We absolutely should help them but to try and link homelessness to the Ukraine is just naive at best.
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@TheOak12345 so letting them wander around the streets and live in the parks that your kids play in and OD and die in random places for everyone to see is working?
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@skulkid2886 some will still do that yes. But a hell of a lot more will do this if they don't have shelters or safe houses.
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with who? All politicians are the same. They are all lying incompetent fools. Replace her you will just get another one just like her. They are politicians for a reason....they can't make it in the real world.
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@frankmoon9350 yes that is what the "and get them into programs to help" means.
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you don't seem to know the first thing about addiction or homelessness so you should really keep quiet before you make yourself look even more foolish.
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so what's your solution because criminalizing drugs has proven to not work very well. All it has done was push drugs to the underground market that spawns a lot more crime and users end up in streets an alleys where they don't get help and either OD and die or can't get themselves clean.....what do you propose?
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@ralphkilloran8065 1- we already do protect citizens from becoming drug dependent. It is arguable how well it works because we still have drug dependency however we also don't have massive out of control dependency that sees everyone involved in drugs. So could it be better.....sure. But could it be worse......sure. Fact will always remain drugs will seep into our society 2- legalizing drugs with certain restrictions and providing safe injection sites does make things easier however "make things easier" is also arguable. Once someone is on drugs a safe house provides a place for them to seek help for treatment and it also provides medical help in the event of overdose. I would not argue we should legalize hard drugs like we did with marijuana that would create a big incentive for people to go out and try it just because it is now legal (so giving the impression it is not that bad). However legalizing drugs or providing access to addicts in restricted quantities can help reduce the amount of overdoses because the qty would be enough for the addicts needs but not enough to overdose. Can help reduce the quality issues so addicts can get pure or clean drugs not something that would be laced with toxins or fentynal or other items that can cause death. And it can help addicts get through the painful symptoms of withdrawal as they seek help. Also legalizing drugs can reduce the black market which would also reduce all the other crimes that go along with a black market. We should not legalize hard drugs and just start selling it in corner stores like we do with beer and alcohol but we should have proper restricted access to addicts that are seeking help 3- I agree drug use and homelessness is often linked but not always. I knew people that were addicts that had homes and became addicts through pain killers etc. I also used to work in Toronto homeless shelters and there was a large drug problem (some turned to drugs after becoming homeless other became homeless because of drugs but I agree they are often linked) 4- I agree politicians don't care. All they care about is themselves. They will tell people what they want to hear to get elected but they don't care about you me or anyone but themselves. Anyone that believes a politician (from any level of govt or any political party) is just fooling themselves. 5- I agree we should reach out to people before they become addicts however the drug issues is complex. It is not that easy. Fact remains we will always have drugs in our society so it is great to reach out to people to prevent drug addiction however the fact will remain we will also always have addicts and once we have addicts we need to address the drug problem from that side also. Which includes restricted access to drugs as a way for addicts to get help, prevent overdose etc. The problems with places like Seattle (from what I understand I may be wrong) is that there is little to no restrictions. It is legal with the assumption that an addict will seek help on their own. If it is restricted meaning the addict can get access to it however it is limited in qty to prevent overdose and linked to the addict seeking proper help then we need to look at that type of approach because no matter what we will always have addicts and our current system of putting them on jail then back out on the street where they can't get a job or help isn't working either.
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