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> But take it to the other extreme: is it governmental overreach that heroin is banned or is it a good public health policy? Given that the most effective trea
by chimeracoder 10y ago
> But take it to the other extreme: is it governmental overreach that heroin is banned or is it a good public health policy?
Given that the most effective treatment for heroin addiction is diacetylmorphine maintenance (aka, prescription-strength heroin)[0], I'd say it's definitely governmental overreach.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroin-assisted_treatment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroin-assisted_treatment
- notpc 10y agoI'm not in favor of restricting soda, but I strongly contest the heroin example you're giving. To call that "treatment" is really playing with the terms and shifting the goal posts. It's like saying that the treatment for gambling is to have unlimited money. You may be solving one problem, but you're not solving the central issue. Black-market heroin is particularly bad, but so is being addicted to opiates at all.