A crucial fact about the Vancouver drug injection site which is not widely known, is that the drug addict using the site is required to obtain his/her own illegally obtained drug which he brings onto the drug injection site for injection. This means that the addict must obtain the drug from drug traffickers using the money that has invariably been obtained from criminal activity. The cost of an addict’s drugs averages $350,000 annually.
There are 65 Vancouver police officers stationed in the five blocks surrounding the Vancouver injection site. These police officers are prohibited from charging the addict with possession, and, instead, are obliged to escort the addict into the injection site. This is a travesty of the criminal law.
The cost of maintaining the drug injection site in Vancouver is approximately $3 million per year. |
