The attitude towards addiction in this country is sickening. I know of nurses who get mad when heroin addicts come into the ER, all in pain, and take time away from "real patients". What the fuck is a "real patient"? Pretty damn sure addiction is a health problem and thus addicts are "real patients" requiring real treatment.
There was also going to be a needle exchange close to my town, but that shit got shot down because "OH MY GOD THE HEROIN ADDICTS WILL SHOOT UP BEHIND THE BUILDING" or something.
Really, we need to be more concerned with helping these people than giving into irrational fear. I hope the heroin OD reversing drug becomes widely available - fuck those bootstrappy dickheads.
There was also going to be a needle exchange close to my town, but that shit got shot down because "OH MY GOD THE HEROIN ADDICTS WILL SHOOT UP BEHIND THE BUILDING" or something.
Really, we need to be more concerned with helping these people than giving into irrational fear. I hope the heroin OD reversing drug becomes widely available - fuck those bootstrappy dickheads.