@dick_turpin treating people with care, compassion and helping people deal with their drug abuse problems is exactly the kind of values I think this country does stand for.
Drug abuse is a complex issue, it's clear the current strategy of treating it as a crime problem is not helping anyone. Time for it to be treated as a health issue, like the examples of plenty of other countries.
@intrbiz I think there's more to it than simply giving people a room to take drugs in. We already have a 'Clean Needle' program and drug rehabilitation services. I'm not convinced that providing people with a fix of their choice is the answer.