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Do you think safe injection sites are a useful tool in dealing with drug addictions?

Yes	34 votes - 69 %
No	11 votes - 22 %
WIPO	4 votes - 8 %

49 Total Votes

Do you think safe injection sites are a useful tool in dealing with drug addictions? | 28 comments

Of course by Rogerborg (4.00 / 1) #1 Wed May 07, 2008 at 09:42:02 AM EST

"Dealers" will indeed love them. No more having to chase the market; they can just set up a booth.

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Metus amatores matrum compescit, non clementia.

: Legalise it /nt by nebbish (2.00 / 0) #24 Fri May 16, 2008 at 05:54:57 AM EST

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It's political correctness gone mad!
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Which sites are safe? by wiredog (4.00 / 1) #2 Wed May 07, 2008 at 10:13:45 AM EST

Don't the veins eventually get collapsed or all tracked up no matter where you inject?

Earth First!
_{(We can strip mine the rest later.)}

: Rotation by ReallyEvilCanine (4.00 / 1) #3 Wed May 07, 2008 at 11:41:03 AM EST

I know you were making a joke but centers have people there to instruct junkies on how to rotate and choose different sites to avoid not only the damage and scarring but also prevent the inevitable infection when an over-used site goes septic.

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Save lives first. by muchagecko (4.00 / 3) #4 Wed May 07, 2008 at 12:06:41 PM EST

Then throw them in rehab.

"It means more if you have to earn it, even if it's by doing something as simple as eating a meal." Kellnerin

Mmmm, methadony by Rogerborg (4.00 / 4) #5 Wed May 07, 2008 at 12:32:58 PM EST

If by "rehab" you mean "hosing them down with cold water and yelling 'Quit drugs or die, moron'", then sure.

I'm not sure that rehab is necessary for someone who really wants to quit, and I'm damn sure that it's not - in its current huggy-kissy form - sufficient for someone who doesn't.

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Metus amatores matrum compescit, non clementia.
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'We' could really make a bundle by muchagecko (4.00 / 3) #6 Wed May 07, 2008 at 12:36:42 PM EST

with your idea of rehab. Where do we start?

"It means more if you have to earn it, even if it's by doing something as simple as eating a meal." Kellnerin
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Japan by Rogerborg (4.00 / 4) #7 Wed May 07, 2008 at 12:43:30 PM EST

You may need to wear, uh... a health professional's outfit. In a waterproof material. I'm thinking latex.

Actually, I may go and think about that some more.

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Metus amatores matrum compescit, non clementia.
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Talk about huggy-kissy. by muchagecko (4.00 / 4) #11 Wed May 07, 2008 at 03:16:00 PM EST

You say the sweetest things.

"It means more if you have to earn it, even if it's by doing something as simple as eating a meal." Kellnerin
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LOLBOOKMARK by ammoniacal (4.00 / 1) #14 Thu May 08, 2008 at 02:10:56 AM EST

It's sweet when it's a Trans-Atlantic sentiment; otherwise, it's "Attachment A" of the Petition.

Irony: ammo says it's time. Tom is blocked.
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I'm not here. I didn't say anything. by greyrat (4.00 / 2) #15 Thu May 08, 2008 at 02:36:53 PM EST

/me whistles a little tune very softly and backs away...
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There is no correlation or causation amongst intelligence, power, talent and wealth.
Khanyou
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: Grey who? by ammoniacal (2.00 / 0) #18 Thu May 08, 2008 at 04:42:01 PM EST

You damn skippy right.
Irony: ammo says it's time. Tom is blocked.
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"Stabbing someone in the head with a pitchfork is rarely beneficial to the relationship." - MereKat
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: Oh and of course, by muchagecko (4.00 / 2) #20 Thu May 08, 2008 at 07:35:25 PM EST

you say sweet things also.

"It means more if you have to earn it, even if it's by doing something as simple as eating a meal." Kellnerin
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Wait! by ad hoc (4.00 / 5) #8 Wed May 07, 2008 at 12:56:57 PM EST

this isn't about SQL?
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The three things that make a diamond also make a waffle.

: My first thought too. by debacle (2.00 / 0) #28 Fri May 23, 2008 at 11:07:22 AM EST

I didn't understand the question for a few minutes.

"I'm very responsive to certain stimuli, and pain is pretty much at the top of that list." - BadDoggie

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Dealing with addiction? no. by greyshade (4.00 / 1) #9 Wed May 07, 2008 at 02:43:37 PM EST

Helping preserve overall community health? yes.

"The other part of the fun is nibbling on them when they get off work." -vorheesleatherface

Heroinist! by Billy Goat (4.00 / 1) #10 Wed May 07, 2008 at 03:07:56 PM EST

As a crack smoker who also enjoys the occasional snort of meth, I resent the fact that IV drug-users get all the attention. Aren't I an addict too? Where's my government sponsored free-for-all zone?

: Smoking is a filthy habit. [n/t] by Herring (4.00 / 2) #12 Wed May 07, 2008 at 07:00:50 PM EST

When my grandfather became ill, my grandmother rubbed goose-fat into his back. He went downhill quite quickly after that. - Milton Jones
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Visit Seattle . . . by slozo (2.00 / 0) #13 Wed May 07, 2008 at 11:00:56 PM EST

. . . and make the same mistake I made, stay at the Green Turtle Hostel, smack downtown. Right beside is a free drug safe haven for all the addicts: a nice addition to any neighbourhood. Go have a first hand look, and judge for yourself!

Coming next: gov't sponsored warehouses full of confiscated/lost belongings that you can try and steal back in a "safe environment" - all windows are made of plastic, and the fence has rubber barbs on the wire . . . hmm, or better yet: the Las Vegas "free" bordello for sex addicts, serving a double purpose as a retreat for hookers trying to get away from their pimps (with gov't sponsored incentives to keep up hooker quality) . . .

...and it follows that if we allow homosexuals by greyrat (2.00 / 0) #16 Thu May 08, 2008 at 02:40:49 PM EST

to marry, allowing people to marry animals can't be far behind.

Let's all just caaalm down. Yes. I agree these are a bad idea. I just don't agree that having them means the Apocalypse.
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There is no correlation or causation amongst intelligence, power, talent and wealth.
Khanyou
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: The "coming next" part . . . by slozo (2.00 / 0) #17 Thu May 08, 2008 at 03:20:05 PM EST

. . . was in jest, you know. Sort of like the gov't giving out needles to heroin addicts would have been considered a joke in the 1970s . . .
No Apocolypse preaching here, btw. I am the epitome of calm, no need to placate me. As calm as a Steven Wright monologue, downright serene. Wearing, of course, a look of bemusement . . .

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'; UPDATE opiate_receptors SET cravings = 0 by ambrosen (2.00 / 0) #21 Sun May 11, 2008 at 12:17:31 AM EST

Nah, doesn't seem to have done anything.

Anyone want to write an ODBC module for the human body? Craig Ventner? Anyone? iGrrrl?

not addictions as much as addicts. by misslake (4.00 / 1) #22 Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:38:58 PM EST

they are an excellent way of dealing with drug addicts.

i don't think they do anything much to prevent or help cure drug addictions though.

Drugs should be legalized by Big Sexxxy Joe (2.00 / 0) #23 Thu May 15, 2008 at 10:43:54 PM EST

Then we won't have to deal with all the violence associated with the existence of a massive black market. Think of all the innocent lives we could save. Obviously access to clean needles would stop the spread of disease too.

But we don't have time for any rational solutions...

I'm like Jesus, only better.

ummm, what by Gedvondur (2.00 / 0) #25 Tue May 20, 2008 at 11:13:36 AM EST

Hi, Ignorant American here.

Safe injection sites...you mean what, not injecting into your eyeball?

Places on the body where it would be safer to inject black tar heroin?

Gedvondur
"If you do not sin, then you too may some day float like a big pink Goodyear blimp of The Lord." -theboz

have you gotten a response? by misslake (4.00 / 1) #26 Thu May 22, 2008 at 01:03:58 PM EST

if you are still curious:

safe injection sites are places where junkies can go. they are staffed by people, occasionally nurses, who collect used needles, give out new ones, and tell everyone the safe ways to handle, collect, dispose of needles. they also give out other things, like ampules of sterile water, swabs to clean injection sites, bandaids, condoms, ascorbic acid powder (to cut the stuff with) and little metal spoon things.
harm reduction stuff.

when someone ods there, then they can bundle them up and throw them in the hospital too.

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: Oh! by Gedvondur (2.00 / 0) #27 Thu May 22, 2008 at 02:29:11 PM EST

That kind of safe injection site. Here I was getting all biological about it. Thanks!
Gedvondur
"If you do not sin, then you too may some day float like a big pink Goodyear blimp of The Lord." -theboz
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