Actually we could go broader than the title suggests.
Harm reduction, a viable health strategy or simply greasing the wheels on a slippery slope?
http://www.motherjones.com/environme...l-meth-needle/
As noted in the article, Vancouver (Canada) had North Americas' first safe injection site.
It has done nothing to reduce or deter drug use, but it has decreased the number of deaths from overdose, the spread of HIV and other complications from shared/re-used needles.
On a law & order metric, I guess the experiment could be termed a failure.
As a health program, it is very successful.
Thoughts?
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