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…
Read more48% Yes |
52% No |
36% Yes |
45% 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 |
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Unique answers from Philippines users whose views extended beyond the provided choices.
@8NZL7F33yrs3Y
No, this would encourage drug use and lower founding for rehabilitation centers. Though drug abuse should be also treated as a health issue.
@935LQR82yrs2Y
Yes. But only after the government decriminalizes drug use, and treats it as medical and mental health issue, not a criminal issue. The government should wage a campaign to de-stigmatize drug addiction and people with substance abuse disorders and co-occuring mood disorders.
@8ZFGVG62yrs2Y
For me no, Filipinos will have the urge to do it because of curiosity especially teenagers, the idea of is not capable in Philippines.
@BMaGuerrero19892yrs2Y
No, but drug abuse should be treated as a health issue and funding for anti-drug campaigns should be centered on rehabilitation rather than criminalization
@9CXY9JK9mos9MO
I think cities should put more funding on rehabilitation centers to help people who are addicted to illegal drugs.
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@ZealousKangaroo2mos2MO
President Biden is considering executive action that could prevent people who cross illegally into the United States from claiming asylum, several people with knowledge of the proposal said Wednesday. The move would suspend longtime guarantees that give anyone who steps onto U.S. soil the right to ask for safe haven.The order would put into effect a key policy in a bipartisan bill that Republicans thwarted earlier this month, even though it had some of the most significant border security restrictions Congress has contemplated in years.The bill would have essentially shut down the border to new entrants if more than an average of 5,000 migrants per day tried to cross unlawfully in the course of a week, or more than 8,500 tried to cross in a given day.The action under consideration by the White House would have a similar trigger for blocking asylum to new entrants, the people with knowledge of the proposal say. They spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.The move, if enacted, would echo a 2018 effort by President Donald J. Trump to block migration, which was assailed by Democrats and blocked by federal courts.
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