On 31/05/2010 7:41 AM, eckinator wrote:
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...
I'm very much a proponent of educating people regarding the consequences
of actions they might take, but not of intervening if their actions
don't stand much chance of only harming them.
My wording would have been better if I had said that society would be
better off if we decriminalized heroin use (which is not the same as
saying it is OK), and then treating the fallout as a health issue.
--
William Robb
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