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Victoria BC is the only place I've walked past someone smoking heroin out in the open on a busy city street. (Last October.)
by mikeInAlaska 2y ago
Victoria BC is the only place I've walked past someone smoking heroin out in the open on a busy city street. (Last October.)
- blackeyeblitzar 2y agoI’ve seen this in Vancouver, Portland, and SF. Not saying it isn’t worse in Victoria, just that all these cities have a similar political leaning and policies, and have induced the same criminal behaviors.
- xer0x 2y agoDid the policies really induce the criminal behaviors?
- throwthrowuknow 2y agoDo sidewalks induce people to walk to the store?
- blackeyeblitzar 2y agoMaybe induce is the wrong word? I’m not sure. What’s your perspective?
- anon291 2y agoYes. In Portland, the surrounding counties have much lower rates of issues.
- yieldcrv 2y agoevery population center on the pacific coast is like this from Vancouver to San Diego
- mtlmtlmtlmtl 2y agoI've seen people smoking heroin on the subway, in the park, and various other public places in Oslo and yet public drug use isn't decriminalised here. Once you hit a certain low, you just stop caring, I suppose.
- jjgreen 2y agoYou see it occasionally in London, the usual deal is to pop into one of the old red telephone boxes for a toot.