> Social stigma is a huge problem. The people who won't get help because "A bum sitting under a bridge with a needle in his arm, robbing houses to feed his addi

> Social stigma is a huge problem. The people who won't get help because "A bum sitting under a bridge with a needle in his arm, robbing houses to feed his addiction," c.f. the article, is what people think of when they think of heroin. There are people who won't seek help out of fear they will be thrown away by society. True, and as a side point it's sad that people are willing to discard the person under the bridge any more than the person in their middle-class neighborhood. The person under the bridge is far more vulnerable and more likely to need help.