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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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A large amount of crime in the city of Vancouver is caused by heroin addicts. Many heroin addicts will do anything to get a high, with many even resorting to crime. The unfortunate dilemma that is faced by lawmakers is whether to protect the city or the addicts. In Vancouver they decided to protect the city. The “free heroin for addicts” programs supplies heroin addicts with heroin. This prevents addicts from resorting to crime to acquire heroin, and also keeps them out of hospitals as they are given heroin in the cleanest possible form. The problem with this approach however is that while this reduces crime, it does nothing to help end the cycle of addiction for these heroin addicts.