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They saw what we see.

The cold hard truth in all its cold hard ugliness. The worst fears confirmed.

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The province’s probe into drug sites is an indictment. It is a verdict. Guilty as charged.

The investigation finds “serious problems” with the drug sites.

The probe’s report will be officially released Thursday morning.

It is a sad day. Sad for the addicts who so desperately need help.

Sad because there are no surprises.

For citizens suffering with a drug site in a neighbourhood sacrificed on the altar of misguided politics, there is no celebration, only hope for a light at the end of the tunnel.

But the eyes of a review panel saw what we see. We weren’t hallucinating.

It is the Wild West with far more wild than you’d see in a western.

It is a catalogue of chaos — a laundry list and the laundry is dirty.