Miloscia obviously knows nothing about addiction. Thank you Council member Kohl-Welles for your excellent response. As an addict in recovery (my program is Any A), I can tell you that depending where an addict is in their addiction, they very likely cannot choose sobriety without help. Members of 12-Step programs know down to our souls that we cannot force or will someone else to be clean and sober. The vast majority of us have experienced relapse or switched addictions. Giving people a safe place to use does not encourage use, it simply allows them to live long enough to save their own lives and souls. If a law enforcement or military approach to addiction worked, we would have no addicts left.