No, this would encourage drug use and lower funding for rehabilitation centers

Drug use will continue to occur and never end, no matter what changes within laws. It is much better for society for people to have safe areas to use and be looked after if needed.

Drugs will be regulated meaning that drugs are less likely to have any components i.e weed killer that should not form part of it. Addiction can be managed appropriately and those showing signs of addiction can be supported. Crime is highly likely to be reduced, including drug dealing as a safe haven reduces the need for users to obtain the drug illegally. Users are less likely to commit further offences to be able to pay for drugs I.e theft

Harm reduction is evidence backed as one of the most effective strategies. We need to make sure there is enough funding for both safe havens and rehabs.

Drug addiction needs to be helped better and one can only be helped if they choose to themselves. We should always work to support others and provide safe places.

Addicts are addicted and will find a way to have drugs, at least under supervision they can be coached out of it and be safe from overdose at the same time

People are always going to use drugs and it is better that we don't push into the hands of criminals, we can make it safer and help people recover from addiction if we decriminalise it

Criminalising drug use does not work, help addicts to wean them off drugs while giving them safe drugs rather than unsafe street drugs (which funds crime)

People will do drugs regardless. There should facilities for people to use drugs safely and educate themselves

People will use regardless. Criminalization makes the act inherently less safe and puts women and vulnerable persons at heightened risk of violence and unsafe supply.

No this would mean that there would be less fear around drugs so people would feel safer about getting advice and help for themselves.

Drug use is rampant regardless. Giving them a safe haven does not only provide them with clean equipment (largely preventing overdose and issues like HIV), they can also be given resources that may help them to get off drugs.

People will use drugs either way, with this, they have a way to use safety and in a clean environment

People taking drugs could do so in a safe environment, receive support to quit and it would reduce crime

In other places in the world, treating addicts as sick and not as criminals works a lot better than our current system here.
Also, safe havens gets drugs regulated, lowers risk of overdose due to improper dosage and removes drugs from the street where people who wouldn't usually participate are exposed

Drug use will always happen, no matter what the government does. So the best thing to do is protect those users and make sure that they are safe.

Drug addicts will take drugs regardless of whether the treatment centre is there or not - better to help them manage their addiction in safety than lose lives to overdoses - remember its the addiction that is the disease, and it’s often created by trauma or societal factors - we shouldn’t be criminalising drug addicts or leaving them to die in the grips of a crippling addiction

Rehabilitation centres should be encouraged, with safe havens offering a place to regulate drug consumption to those who already would anyway. It would also decrease the risk of death by overdose and passing on of diseases, creating lesser strain on public health services.

Safe havens will protect some of the most vulnerable people on the streets, reduce the taboo nature, and allow people more chances to access help if they seek it.

Rehab centres already exist, and have proven low success rates. You will never be able to stop an adult from accessing substances if they want them. This is proven by prohibition and ongoing use of classified substances today. Education and safeguarding are the best measures.

Portugal, people at that point take drugs regardless of legality and need help, moreover alcohol is a much more concerning drug which we allow + incarceration does not help costs more and makes lives worse

There is no evidence that safe havens encourage drug use, or that it would lower funding for drug rehab centres. Such centres provide a valuable opportunity for intervention, support, and referral to drug rehab.

Similar policy was introduced in Portugal and reduced the number of deaths due to drug use and reduced the total number of drug users over a 5 year period. Taking drugs sold illegally in unsafe places is what contributes to increased drug use.

Treating drug abuse as a psychological issue has been shown to be much more effective than criminilisation.

It would save more lives and money by having safe havens as they're would be less a strain on hospitals and doctors. It would probably reduce the amount of usage as you are giving these people a safe place to be heard and maybe through that they may change their way of looking at things? They maybe even would get better?

In every case in which a country has properly undertaken a policy of drug decriminalization and treatment of drug addiction as a medical and economic problem, we have seen drastic reductions in addiction to hard drugs, overdoses, and the economic burden on the state as it allows more people to become productive members of society

Safe use and decriminalisation has been successfully done in other counties lowering addiction rates and deaths

People will use drugs no matter if these are available or not but their availability will prevent deaths

But it would save lives. The only way to discourage drug use would be to legalise it, tax it and educate around it

Safer drug use is better overall for users because if they feel they can use safely then they are more likely to lean on systems to get clean

Drug use happens any way, at least this way people will feel less shame to ask for help and when they take the drugs in the safe haven, they will be less likely to die.

Withdrawal is unimaginable so relapses are likely anyways, preventing deaths is the most important thing here and a safe haven will reduce that with less transmit diseases

it allows addicts who arent able to access rehabilitation an outlet where their drug usage is regulated and they dont risk catching HIV through shared needles, or put themself in more danger through not knowing exactly what they're consuming.
it's a step towards rehabilitation, as addicts are put into a safer environment amongst professionals who can put them in the right direction towards recovery, and the danger of doing drugs on the streets is reduced significantly