Drug use is invisible to most neurotypicals because people have no idea what period-point-blank street drug paraphernalia looks like. Think less in terms of syringes and stems and more in terms of disposable blood-glucose monitors. Less Trainspotting, more Minority Report.

One of the major benefits of safe injection sites is their distribution of high-tech self-disposing needles. If the Conservatives are right and addicts are infesting our playgrounds (they aren’t) then the party is still wrong to cut funding to safe injection sites — the needles they distribute are high-tech, self-retracting, and tamper-resistant, making them safer and easier to clean up and safer for kids to find (or step on).

Those who have eyes, let them see. Little blue boxes.

Drugs are not hard to acquire in Victoria — try City Hall. One of the problems in police hiring standards (and with prohibition generally) is they foster a lack of understanding of the culture.

BC’s police forces are known for taking a middle ground in drug enforcement: they rarely press possession charges

Isn’t that how police operate everywhere (in Canada)? I actually don’t know; maybe I’m over-generalizing based on how they treat marijuana.