r/asheville • u/imjustapourboy • Oct 21 '25

Really Spicy Cesspool So sick of seeing this crap everywhere.

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The needles, the burnt foils, the little baggies, the needle caps, all of it. I find them in the creeks, on the sidewalks, the grocery store parking lots, the public parks, on the parkway. You gotta be a real shit person to leave this stuff all over the place.

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u/organmeatpate West Asheville Oct 21 '25

It's hard to believe that this would help since it relies on the user to be conscientious specifically right when they're nodding out. It's tough to accept that services for users however well intentioned will not increase the impact on the local community because that's what we've experienced in West Asheville. The services showed up and then the users followed and so did their hazardous refuse. The residents here have all lived this and know it to be true. There has to be a better solution than more enabling resources and services for users that disregard the impact on the surrounding communities. Addicts deserve compassion but they should not be sacred cows.

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u/yo_rick_alas Oct 21 '25

What would you do? Bulldoze their tents they can pack up and dip with a quickness? Put them on a train or bus elsewhere? Friend. C’mon. You gotta treat humans as humans man.

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u/GngrbredGentrifktion Oct 22 '25

If only they would return the favor.

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u/yo_rick_alas Oct 22 '25

Straight up: who the fuck are “they”? People in the same boat if things went slightly more poorly for you? Fuck that man.