In 2018, officials in the U.S. city of Philadelphia city proposed opening a “safe haven” in an effort to combat the city's heroin epidemic. In 2016 64,070 people died in the U.S. from drug overdoses - a 21% increase from 2015. 3/4 of drug overdose deaths in the U.S. are caused by the opioid class of drugs which includes prescription painkillers, heroin and fentanyl. To combat the epidemic cities including Vancouver, BC and Sydney, AUS opened safe havens where addicts can inject drugs under the supervision of medical professionals. The safe havens reduce the overdose death…
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Response rates from 1.4k City of Kingston upon Hull voters.
55% Yes |
45% No |
44% Yes |
38% No |
10% Yes, drug abuse should be treated as a health issue, not a criminal issue |
6% No, this would encourage drug use and lower funding for rehabilitation centers |
2% Yes, this is necessary to reduce the drug overdose death rate |
1% No, but legalize drugs |
Trend of support over time for each answer from 1.4k City of Kingston upon Hull voters.
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Trend of how important this issue is for 1.4k City of Kingston upon Hull voters.
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Unique answers from City of Kingston upon Hull voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
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Yes, but this should be used to help addicted people find their way to treatments and rehabilitation.
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Only if the safe havens have a duty of care to promote rehabilitation and there are plenty of accessible rehab centres
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Yes, as a short term solution with the caveat that they are enrolled and are participating in a rehabilitation program
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Yes this would drastically reduce the drug overdose death rate, but I think there should also be a rehabilitation factor, where they should slowly be weaned off these drugs and get professional medical help. Then these places could replace rehabilitation centres. We should also review each case and decide whether they should be imprisoned or not when they are healthy, because while drug abuse is a medical issue, it is also a criminal issue.
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Yes, but with programmes in place to reduce drug use over time, in conjunction with other interventions such as counselling, help with accommodation, housing, getting away from controlling relationships, money management, nutrition etc. We need holistic centres, which should be modern, clean and not run-down and depressing.
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No, drug addicts should be sectioned and removed from society to be forcedly weened off drugs and rehabilitated
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