Absolutely. It's a great example of the need to have a multi-faceted approach to this problem.
It's not just about decriminalization and it's not just about safe supply and it's not just about education, treatment and prevention. It's about everything together. I think increasing the number of safe injection sites and safe consumption sites where people can inhale, as opposed to just injecting, is a very important piece of that approach. When you overlay our increases in homelessness, I think it's really important to provide individuals with safe places where they can use drugs. We know that's what many people are choosing to do in any event.
I heard recently from a person who was actually in the Downtown Eastside for 20 years, and he has now been clean for 11 years. It took him literally dozens of times in treatment, and he's only alive today because of the intervention of harm reduction and safe supply services.
I think this is a very complex issue. It's really important that we take this approach that covers all different sets of circumstances. Ideally, we provide prevention and education so that people don't start using in the first place, but we also have to address the fact that there are some folks who are entrenched and who are using, and we want to try to keep them alive. Then there is everyone in between.
That's probably my main comment today: We really do need a multi-faceted approach, and no one approach is better or worse than the other. They're all really necessary.