Trapped by the ‘Walmart of Heroin’

Re:Trapped by the ‘Walmart of Heroin’ by Itaxpica on Friday October 12, 2018 @04:21PM (#18204428)

Of course, the one thing that all of those countries have in common is universal healthcare. "Treat addiction as a disease and prescribe heroin for it" doesn't really work so well when the overwhelming majority of addicts most likely don't have insurance or the means to pay for medical treatment out-of-pocket.

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Re:Trapped by the ‘Walmart of Heroin’ by intuitionist on Friday October 12, 2018 @05:06PM (#18204723)

This is surely true, but the US can and does cover certain medical expenses as part of Medicare/Medicaid. The political obstacles are much harder to overcome than the logistical ones.

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Re:Trapped by the ‘Walmart of Heroin’ by ams6110 on Friday October 12, 2018 @09:33PM (#18205891)

They are also all quite small, and much more culturally and ethnically homogenous.

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Re:Trapped by the ‘Walmart of Heroin’ by dgemm on Saturday October 13, 2018 @03:01AM (#18206812)

Germany is more than two Californias in American units, not that small.

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