Original:

There is a huge problem in Vancouver with heroin addicts committing crimes to support their habits. The “free heroin for addicts” program is doing everything they can to stop the addicts. The problem is that there is a large crime rate due to the addicts. It is obvious that addicts have a hard time getting through their day to day lives. Daily activities such as jobs, interactions, and relationships are hard to maintain because of the fact that they are using. By heroin users being addicted, they will do whatever they have to do to get their hands on the drug. The types of crimes committed are those of breaking and entering as well as stealing. There are no limits to where they will go to retrieve this drug so that they can feed their addiction. The problem with this program is that it won’t help to ween these addicts off using heroin. It is only trying to save the city from rising crime rates that they’re up to. By providing the drug, these addicts will be off the streets, which in turn will prevent them from committing minor street crimes. This will also keep the heroin users out of the hospital. It is pointless that the hospitals have to deal with people that want to use bad drugs or unsanitary needles and find themselves being unable to afford hospital bills and hard to cope without the drug. This program gives people free heroin in the cleanest way possible. This will in turn fix the city  but not the addiction that these people face.

Revised:

Heroin addicts in Vancouver are committing crimes that only support their habits. Despite the “free heroin for addicts” program, which should help the issue, crime rates are still profound. Heroin addicts struggle in their day-to-day lives, with activities such as work, interaction, and relationships.. However, addicts are only concerned with acquiring heroin and will reach far and wide to get their hands on it. This obsession leads to a life of crime, including breaking and entering and stealing. Anti-addiction programs are proving to be little help to the issue, only concerning themselves with the crime rates, rather than the root of the problem-addiction. The goal of the programs is to provide the drug in sterile, safe ways and get addicts off the streets, where they are exposed to unsafe and illegal conditions. This may seem like a good idea at first, but does not tackle the looming issue of heroin addiction, instead it fosters it for selfish reasons.