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Would you support methadone being freely available over the counter? After all, it is a valuable tool in helping get people off more dangerous opioids.

by slg 7y ago

llamataboot 7y ago
I support and advocate for 100% across the board drug decriminalization, so prob not the best one to ask.
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Nacraile 7y ago
Would you support methadone being banned while heroin is available over the counter? Because that's the proper equivalent comparison to the e-cig policy.
- slg 7y ago
  It doesn't have to be an either/or situation. I would be perfectly fine if cities also wanted to make it harder to buy heroin/traditional cigarettes.
lozaning 7y ago
As per the NPR program I heard last night, this is already the case in SF. Info for those interested here: https://harmreduction.org/issues/overdose-prevention/dope-sf/ https://harmreduction.org/issues/overdose-prevention/dope-sf...
- slg 7y ago
  They are providing a drug to treat overdoses which is an entirely different thing than a drug that is used to ease someone out of a chemical addiction. There are different priorities when someone is minutes from dying rather being addicted to a deadly substance that might take years to kill them.
  - lozaning 7y ago
    Thank you for the correction, I hadn't realized that there were different drugs for different cases.
renlo 7y ago
methadone and vaping, while both used for cessation, are not comparable
- tanseydavid 7y ago
  It was an analogy and you are leaving half of the analogy out of consideration. The analogy was not a comparison of methadone and vaping.
staticautomatic 7y ago
Why not? Heroin is essentially decriminalized in SF. I work in Civic Center and watch cops casually walk and drive past people actively shooting up every single day.
- slg 7y ago
  Decriminalization is different than legalization. This ordinance does not criminalize e-cigs. I think criminalizing drugs leads to a lot of societal problems. I don't think legalizing all drugs is the answer to those problems.
driverdan 7y ago
Yes, absolutely. Along with anything else anyone wants to buy.

Would you support methadone being freely available over the counter? After all, it is a valuable tool in helping get people off more dangerous opioids.

by slg 7y ago

Would you support methadone being freely available over the counter? After all, it is a valuable tool in helping get people off more dangerous opioids.

llamataboot 7y ago

I support and advocate for 100% across the board drug decriminalization, so prob not the best one to ask.

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Nacraile 7y ago

Would you support methadone being banned while heroin is available over the counter? Because that's the proper equivalent comparison to the e-cig policy.

slg 7y ago
It doesn't have to be an either/or situation. I would be perfectly fine if cities also wanted to make it harder to buy heroin/traditional cigarettes.

lozaning 7y ago

As per the NPR program I heard last night, this is already the case in SF. Info for those interested here: https://harmreduction.org/issues/overdose-prevention/dope-sf/ https://harmreduction.org/issues/overdose-prevention/dope-sf...

slg 7y ago
They are providing a drug to treat overdoses which is an entirely different thing than a drug that is used to ease someone out of a chemical addiction. There are different priorities when someone is minutes from dying rather being addicted to a deadly substance that might take years to kill them.
- lozaning 7y ago
  Thank you for the correction, I hadn't realized that there were different drugs for different cases.

renlo 7y ago

methadone and vaping, while both used for cessation, are not comparable

tanseydavid 7y ago
It was an analogy and you are leaving half of the analogy out of consideration. The analogy was not a comparison of methadone and vaping.

staticautomatic 7y ago

Why not? Heroin is essentially decriminalized in SF. I work in Civic Center and watch cops casually walk and drive past people actively shooting up every single day.

slg 7y ago
Decriminalization is different than legalization. This ordinance does not criminalize e-cigs. I think criminalizing drugs leads to a lot of societal problems. I don't think legalizing all drugs is the answer to those problems.

driverdan 7y ago

Yes, absolutely. Along with anything else anyone wants to buy.