by Nadia Blanton
Summary: The purpose of this newly proposed clinic is to provide a safe environment for heroin and opioid users. In the clinic users are not to be arrested for their usage of drugs, which raises many concerns. However, the clinic does not encourage or provide drugs but instead clean needles and equipment to reduce the spread of infection. It will also be a place for addicts to have a place with a decrease in social stigma and judgement so that they may seek help with their addiction.
Analysis: More clinics like this one being proposed in Seattle would help to possibly decrease the amount of heroin and opioid users. Keeping these people off of the dangerous streets where the drugs are being sold is also an important factor to ensuring that they are around those who can influence them positively.
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