The first thing is there is evidence that the so-called “experiment” did save lives. The BCCDC published in the British Medical Journal that it saved lives. If we are going to dissent, let's dissent with the truth. It is totally fair to dissent, but let's dissent with the truth so we can build, not going backwards. Let's build because we are always short on services.
We have decriminalization that works in every country. People going to jail because they use substances doesn't work, maybe in China.... Let's build and do it better, not worse.
There are little things that we achieve; we need to do it better. What can we do better? What can we add to this? That's kind of the idea. If you disagree with that measure, build something on top of that. Let's not destroy the little things that we are building together.
At the end of the day, we are in this together. When people die, they don't have a party patch here. They just die. Most of the people who die are poor people.