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VANCOUVER, Sept 17 (LSN) – On Wednesday a leaked draft report commissioned by the Vancouver-Richmond health board alarmed police and concerned citizens with a recommendation for “safe sites” for injection of illegal drugs. The Canadian Press (CP) reported today that the study suggests “a two-room model – a front coffee shop and a room with a number of private cubicles for injection.”  Police expressed vehement opposition to the proposal. “We see these as sites where people would be allowed to go and commit criminal offences,” said city police spokesman Const. Anne Drennan.  One insider claimed that the health board’s motivation comes from high incidences of HIV and overdose deaths. Having rejected alternatives that requires drug users to exercise personal responsibility and to obey the law, so-called social policy advisers, dubbed as “health” experts, run the risk of further alienating those, such as the police, with whom they should instead be working closely.  The report suggests that “safe sites” will allow for quick medical attention for the users in cases of emergency. Most people familiar with the carnage of drug abuse know that the far safer alternative would be the termination of their drug use.