Some people would prefer to see addicts die on the streets rather than see harm-reduction policies put in place. Some people are even in favour of refusing emergency aid to an overdose victim. What they're advocating is the Law of the Jungle: you screw up, you die. (Naturally that Law only applies to you. If they screw up they want help and they want it now!)

A society that refuses fundamental services based on someone's idea of moral perfection is, simply put, evil. And a society that refuses to employ harm-reduction methods while watching a crisis overwhelm its emergency services is stupid. Fortunately, society found its way out of the jungle long ago.