News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Being Fit May Be as Good for You as Not Smoking. Parent comment

Re:Being Fit May Be as Good for You as Not Smoking by Afton on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @02:43PM (#18718770)
It is an opportunity to say "Ok, we can't stop these people from doing heroin. But we can make it as safe as possible, and we can provide a vector for additional health care interventions". It also means that you aren't psychologically torturing addicts by telling them that if they were only 'strong enough' they could cure their addiction.

You might not like the way HAES or fat acceptance is packaged, but this is exactly the same thing.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Being Fit May Be as Good for You as Not Smoking by towelr34dy on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @02:49PM (#18718846)
The key difference: Social stigma. HAES seeks to remove stigma.

Safe injection sites don't.

Both being fat, smoking cigarettes or being a heroin addict are things to be, at the least, slightly ashamed of.

*exceptions go out to anyone with thyroid or other such medical conditions, just as to people who are opioid dependent due to pain management.

[ Parent | on HN ]