Im not sure how I feel about this. I do think that Dr Hart is probably right in an academic sense. What I worry about is that reality is messy. I think in the s

Im not sure how I feel about this. I do think that Dr Hart is probably right in an academic sense. What I worry about is that reality is messy. I think in the spectrum of people in the world there are likely people who can take heroin and only take it once in a while. He may even not be glossing over the harm drugs do in his life(I dont know him so I wont make that judgement). I know if I had a ready supply of clean heroin I would probably not just take it once in a while. Ive never done heroin, and that is because I know how much I like hydrocodone and its much weaker chemical cousins. I also know 2 people severely harmed by heroin use.(Brothers in fact) Maybe if they had a regimented way of copping it and safe supply of needles one of them wouldnt have Hep C now. The real problem with treating opiates or other drugs as a public health problem is that the US does not have that sort of infrastructure set up to deal with the problem. Why do you think the police are called in now for drug problems(non criminal)? There is literally nobody else to deal with it. I dont agree with locking up addicts, but is checking them into a hospital with no insurance a viable option?