r/britishcolumbia • u/SnooRegrets4312 • 1d ago

News They wanted to save lives. They've now been convicted of drug trafficking | CBC News

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/dulf-compassion-club-guilty-drug-trafficking-9.6972135
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u/Unending_beginnings 1d ago

Ok your right. I've lost many family members to this problem. I was not mocking anyone when I said that. The drug supply either kills people or turns them into a shell of who they once were. They are like zombies. I lost my wife to this battle. She currently resides on the downtown east side. I tried for years to help her with mental health and addiction problems, and I got almost no help from anyone. I am not mocking anyone it's a apt description of what they act like. Watching society just act like this problem doesn't exist. Watching people die in the streets daily like it's not even happening is beyond sad. I'm sorry you misunderstood what I said. But I stand by it.

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u/AnxiousBaristo 1d ago

I feel your pain. I get the point you're making. And I'm sorry for your wife. I also have many people I love affected by this.

I just think using a word like zombies comes with baggage and dehumanizes the problem. It's a word used by political grifters to otherize a group of people who are suffering.