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What happens when people start claiming to be drug addicts so they can sell the free heroin to real drug addicts?
by jdoliner 8y ago
What happens when people start claiming to be drug addicts so they can sell the free heroin to real drug addicts?
- lev99 8y agoWhy wouldn't the real drug addicts go get the free heroin?
- jdoliner 8y agoI was assuming there was some limitation on the amount you could get for free and that some addicts would want more than their allotment.
- lev99 8y agoBig assumption. It might be the case, but it might not be. The first batch of patients start in 2020, with a max size of 400. Let's see if we can help those people, who are probably chosen more carefully then a full program would be, before thinking about the issues scaling up will cause.
- incadenza 8y agoOr treat it like methadone where you must consume it on site. Not that hard.
- wetpaws 8y agoWhy would real addicts buy it if it is available for free?
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- elil17 8y agoModels for opioid based opioid addiction treatments already exist, such as methodone