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U.S.'s first public needle vending machine for drug users debuts in Vegas - CBS News
Yeah what could go wrong with this...
U.S.'s first public needle vending machine for drug users debuts in Vegas - CBS News
Yeah what could go wrong with this...
Medical staff are present to provide addiction treatment, mental health assistance, and first aid in the event of an overdose or wound
The difference between the Canadian program and this one is the Canadian program also
It's an interesting experiment, and if successful, once I would approve of, if the above is also provided.
Just seems like enabling to me.
U.S.'s first public needle vending machine for drug users debuts in Vegas - CBS News
Yeah what could go wrong with this...
I got a better idea: how about working to get people to kick the habit?
I read a while back that the cost benefit of programs of free distribution of clean needles was highly positive in a number of cases.
You can view it that way. I view it more pragmatically. People are going to do it. You aren't going to stop them - at least in the near term. It's better that if they're going to do it anyway that they don't get HIV with it's attendant personal and societal costs.
Which is stupid. It's like saying "people are going to murder anyhow, you can't stop them..."
If you don't give them free needles they're not going to stop, they're just going to use dirty needles. You aren't enabling anyone. You're simply following a cost mitigation strategy. Otherwise you
wind up having to treat people for a whole host of blood borne diseases at a significantly higher cost.
I don't really care if they stop. I want them to reap the consequences of their actions. And frankly, I don't think we should be treating people who did it to themselves. That includes tobacco and alcohol-related diseases. If you don't have the cash or you don't have the insurance willing to pay it for you, drop dead.
I very much agree. It's not our responsibility to bail out people that have themselves in a nasty situation.
I think that is when there is the consuling and rehabilitation efforts included. I don't know about the straight needle exchange.
In fact, doing so doesn't teach them any lessons that they very desperately need to learn. That's why stupid people exist. We've stopped volution from taking them out of the gene pool.
It has nothing to do with teaching or not teaching someone a lesson. It has everything to do with keeping the cost to society down. It's nice to talk about letting people suffer for the stupidity but realistically we aren't going to stop drug abuse tomorrow, or next year or likely ever given the abject failure we've had so far. Further we aren't going to not treat people who get things like HIV and can't afford to pay for it. It's just not going to happen. Since it's in our best interest to keep the spread of disease down and given the the above free clean needles is completely sensible and in the best interest of society at large.
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