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  I hope it helps make it better, because it sure can't make it any worse.
context: It’s British Columbia. Why not put it in the headline, cbs news? >
  
  probably because people are not likely to know BC by name >
  
  Really? It's home to over 5 million people. If people say Queensland, or New South Wales, or Oaxaca, or Bavaria, or Sicily, I know where those places are. Is Canada just an especially unknown place? This seems surprising. >
  
  A lot of people won't know where those places are either. >
  
  A lot of people are just self centered and assume that everyone has the same perspective that they do. How many people have heard of Wuhan before 2019? It’s got a population of 12 million people. >
  
  The audience CBS News caters to however should know something about British Columbia, such as what country it's in. >
  
  CBS caters to anyone with a pulse, it's not some special news organization catering to the geographically minded. The average American has about as much reason to know about British Columbia as knowing about Chiapas, it's just not a topic that comes up in daily life. >
  
  Very interested to see if this works. >
  
  Since 2020 they’ve not been prosecuting minor drug offences.  The only difference is that now police won’t confiscate drugs. >
  
  So it’s not working. >
  
  I work in downtown Surrey, and ANYTHING to help welcome. We have so many deaths in that area. >
  
  How will this reduce deaths ? >
  
  Other countries have seen a lot of success with this method. I dont know Canada's and assume its similar.
  The idea is to remove barriers to recovery as well as making it safe for people to consume.
  Things like more pure drugs (not cut with anything dangerous), clean needles, lightening stigma, a support network, and doctors on site. >
  
  How will it enable more pure drugs ? [ I assume they already have a clean needle program - most places have]  - thre is no mention of support network or doctors on sites. The Portuguese model works-ish because the users are persuaded to join a rehab. Once they are in rehab - they cannot leave/just sign themselves out >
  
  Well they would have to supply it. IIRC  Switzerland saw success with treatments like this, but Im not well versed in the details.