Re:America’s syringe exchanges kill drug users
by EdwardDiego on Saturday December 03, 2022 @09:20PM
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So the author(s) are implying that the risk of blood borne disease prevents addicts overdosing?
Uh, would love to understand their thinking on this. Because you know, addicts are _addicted_. If needle exchanges don't exist, they steal the fit from hospitals. If they are struggling to do that, they re-use, which isn't great for your veins, and if worst comes to worst, they share.
The one thing they _don't_ do is stop getting high. Because they're addicted.
If they were positing that the risk of blood borne disease prevented people who weren't addicts from trying IV drugs, then it's more plausible.
Source: Used to be an IV drug user, and was very glad indeed for needle exchanges. Heroin is a hell of a drug to get off, but at least I don't have HIV or HepC to remember it by.
Uh, would love to understand their thinking on this. Because you know, addicts are _addicted_. If needle exchanges don't exist, they steal the fit from hospitals. If they are struggling to do that, they re-use, which isn't great for your veins, and if worst comes to worst, they share.
The one thing they _don't_ do is stop getting high. Because they're addicted.
If they were positing that the risk of blood borne disease prevented people who weren't addicts from trying IV drugs, then it's more plausible.
Source: Used to be an IV drug user, and was very glad indeed for needle exchanges. Heroin is a hell of a drug to get off, but at least I don't have HIV or HepC to remember it by.