• themaninblack@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Yep lived there! This was pre-2010, to be certain. Now there’s a safe injecting site, lockout laws, and other things that make the neighborhood less fun

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      Safe consumption sites save lives and improve communities, blatantly so when compared to the status quo. Fuck outta here with that tired, bloodsoaked, right-wing, reactionary NIMBYism.

      You dont care and that dehumanization is why you’ll catch an ez block; I’m not rehashing this debate for the nth time.

      To those reading on or willing to learn more:

      https://crackdownpod.com/ Actually hear the perspectives from survivors of the War on People [mostly of color] who use Drugs

      https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dg8DA1LuZFk 5 minutes on why Harm Reduction/Safe Consumption Centers are a better way

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      1 day ago

      I stayed there in 2011 and the hotel didn’t have wifi. Jet lag led me to sitting on the sidewalk outside McDonald’s at 5am to get some internet.