2010/5/31 William Robb <war...@gmail.com>: >> >> So, you say, injecting heroin (provided it is injected) is fine as long >> as it is done behind doors alone? Isn't it a bit shallow perspective? > > Actually Boris, if, as a society we said yes, it is OK, and then treated the > fallout as a public health issue rather than a criminal issue, both society > and the drug user would be better off.
Germany treats it as such an issue. It is illegal to own, sell and use but if you do you get a free Methadone therapy. The results are quite good. No idea about figures though, as in is the social cost lower or higher. But it is certainly not OK to say it is OK, there are just too many implications. It is OK to say yes we will deal with it openly which is one way I can read William's statement but saying it is OK raises issues as to prevention, education, etc. So yay to OK we deal with it as a fact but NAY to we outright allow it Not to mention there goes your 10 bucks... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
