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It would be great if they could get this down to almost no cost so its accessible to and preferred by hard drug users. While drug abuse and addiction is an ext
by moocow01 14y ago
It would be great if they could get this down to almost no cost so its accessible to and preferred by hard drug users. While drug abuse and addiction is an extremely sad human habit, it is magnified by the side effects of needle sharing and the diseases that are typically accidentally passed on by users.
On top of it if this was paired with cheap electronic regulation mechanisms it could at least attempt to discourage a user from overdosing. I know its somewhat of an odd proposal but I think there could be potential here to help a population thats already down and out from succumbing as frequently to death and disease as they do today.
- scoot 14y agoWhy discourage the Darwin effect?
- rsheridan6 14y agoEven if you don't care about the health of IV drug users at all, they spread disease to other people, and when they show up at the hospital it's everyone else who ends up paying the bill, since they usually have no money.
- asksol 14y agoBut note that this device is for IM (intra-muscular) not IV. While it certainly would be great for harm control, most hard drug users probably wouldn't bother.
- donniezazen 14y agoPsychedelic drug abuse is so widespread because cure to addiction of such drugs is not a priority by drug companies and government. They are also not so interested in research in these drugs. These problems are result of our own ostrich response.