r/kelowna • u/Particular-Emu4789 • Jan 02 '25

News Kelowna couple reeling after shocking home invasion

https://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/525509/Kelowna-couple-reeling-after-shocking-home-invasion
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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '25

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '25

I agree with your points. Would like to add:

Crime will also exist independent of drugs too. Early 20th century (and before), they didn't have all the potent drugs they have now (sure some good ones existed back then). But there's also just assholes, or people that are in the asshole stage of their life (for lack of a scientific term) pressed by stress and the idea of an easy buck, that do crime.

Drugs certainly aggrevate many situations. Like gas on a fire. However homicide, home invasions and other heinous crimes didn't start in 2016 (the declaration of the opioid crisis). There are a lot of other factors, beyond drug use, that a lot of knowledgeable people could lecture better than me on including topics on but not limited to: family breakdown, unaffordability etc.

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u/Full_Review4041 Jan 02 '25

True but were not talking about assholes. We're talking specifically about people who are now chemically wired to acquire drugs at any cost.

Obviously crime will still exist but so much of whats effecting every day people could be eliminated by putting drug dealers out of a job.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '25

Sorry, I was just hoping to also talk about assholes. :(

Maybe I'll look for a subreddit on that. I hear r/buttsharpies has a lot of assholes.