I've owned and run businesses in the Gastown/Downtown Eastside area of Vancouver for years.

Crack addicts have no respect for themselves, their surroundings or for anyone else. This idea of free crack-pipe mouthpieces is the icing on the cake for absurd answers to drug issues.

Let's try this: I come to your comfortable apartment in suburban Vancouver. I defecate and urinate on your front doorstep and then pass out.

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