There is a huge problem in Vancouver with heroin addicts committing crimes to support their habits. The “free heroin for addicts” program is doing everything they can to stop the addicts. The problem is that there is a large crime rate due to the addicts. It is obvious that addicts have a hard time getting through their day to day lives. Daily activities such as jobs, interactions, and relationships are hard to maintain because of the fact that they are using. By heroin users being addicted, they will do whatever they have to do to get their hands on the drug. The types of crimes committed are those of breaking and entering as well as stealing. There are no limits to where they will go to retrieve this drug so that they can feed their addiction. The problem with this program is that it won’t help to ween these addicts off using heroin. It is only trying to save the city from rising crime rates that they’re up to. By providing the drug, these addicts will be off the streets, which in turn will prevent them from committing minor street crimes. This will also keep the heroin users out of the hospital. It is pointless that the hospitals have to deal with people that want to use bad drugs or unsanitary needles and find themselves being unable to afford hospital bills and hard to cope without the drug. This program gives people free heroin in the cleanest way possible. This will in turn fix the city  but not the addiction that these people face.

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Vancouver is grappling with a rising crime rate driven by heroin addiction. In response, the city has introduced a controversial “free heroin for addicts” program. While its goal is to reduce street crime, this approach fails to address the deeper issue: addiction. Heroin users, desperate to feed their habit, often resort to crimes like breaking and entering or theft. Their compulsion to obtain the drug pushes them to extremes, leaving jobs, relationships, and basic daily activities in disarray. The program provides clean heroin to addicts in an attempt to keep them off the streets and out of hospitals. While this may reduce minor street crimes, it does nothing to treat the root cause: addiction itself. By offering free heroin, the city is simply managing the symptoms of a much larger problem. Addicts remain trapped in their dependency, and the city is left with the cost of maintaining a cycle of addiction without offering a real path to recovery.