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Re:My experience of losing a friend to heroin (2020) by nindalf on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @02:02AM (#28996917)
Why would addicts pay dealers when they could get it for free? Genuine question.
Re:My experience of losing a friend to heroin (2020) by chitowneats on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @02:40AM (#28997155)
Typically quantity is limited at safe sites. You can use, but you don't get to blow a whole 8 ball in one go.
Re:My experience of losing a friend to heroin (2020) by Talanes on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @05:53AM (#28998370)
I've paid more money to drink alcohol in a location I prefer countless times, so I'm sure some paid for the privilege of doing their drugs somewhere more interesting than the clinic.
Re:My experience of losing a friend to heroin (2020) by betwixthewires on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @12:20PM (#29002323)
Same reason you'd go to a bar to have a few drinks rather than pick up a six pack on the way home. There's more to these things than the substances themselves, something silver bullet salesman often forget to point out.
Re:My experience of losing a friend to heroin (2020) by hilbert42 on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @04:41AM (#28997891)
That's the theory and it's been shown to work to some extent. The trouble is the drug problem is very complex and essentially intractable.

The best we can do is to aim for harm minimization whilst understanding that the minimum will never be a deep notch but will always be shallow.