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> too many people are non-functional opioid addicts Experience here in Switzerland would suggest that if the state takes dirty needles, expensive supply, and h
by microtherion 10y ago
> too many people are non-functional opioid addicts
Experience here in Switzerland would suggest that if the state takes dirty needles, expensive supply, and highly variable purity out of the equation, opioid addicts can lead a life that is, while far from ideal, considerably more functional than before.
My impression is that drugs like Heroin, taken in correct dosage, do not inherently cause massive health damage. It's not clear how deregulation would work with drugs like meth, which DOES seem to inherently cause health damage.
- digler999 10y ago> Heroin, taken in correct dosage by what ROA ? You smoke it, and you're good until your dependence increases. Then you must smoke it to feel normal. But if you slam it, you'll get high again. Do that a while and your dependence increases just as before, now you have to slam it just to feel normal. But if you just got someone to give you their dose, then you could slam 2 doses and get high again...and now you're in overdose territory
- microtherion 10y agoBy "correct dosage", I meant that there exists a dosage for each patient that neither induces withdrawal symptoms nor causes acute health risks.
- DanBC 10y ago> It's not clear how deregulation would work with drugs like meth, which DOES seem to inherently cause health damage. Pure clean meth causes harm. Dirty street meth obtained using the methods addicts use would be more harmful to the addict and to society.
- stagbeetle 10y agoThere is prescription meth called Desoxyn.