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.

In Vancouver Heroin addicts support their habits by committing crimes. The “free heroin for addicts” programs efforts to stop the addicts is not enough because the addicts are too dependent on the drug, which then increases the crime rate. It is obvious that addicts have a hard time with life like jobs, social aspects of life, and relationships because their brain chemistry is now hooked on heroin. Common crimes committed include burglary and stealing. The lengths addicts will go to get heroin to feed their addiction is limitless. The program won’t help to completely stop these addicts of using heroin, but will try to save the city from increasing crime rates. By providing the drug, these addicts will be off the streets, which can prevent them from committing minor street crimes, and keep them out of the emergency room. 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 can fix the city but not the disease of addiction that these people face.