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And promoting injectable drug abuse with money out of taxpayer's pockets is really going to fly with Joe Mainstream, right?
Not a really palatable scenario to most of the country.
This will sound odd and even confusing, but there is a sane logic to it. Drug abusers in some cases....need....the drugs they are abusing. Or at least think/feel they do. That is because some drugs create a mental attachment to chemicals in the body. Some create a physical need. To give a metaphor, its like caffeine addiction. Caffeine is very harmless compared to the drugs these people are taking. Yet, when one doesn't have caffeine for a while, they feel tired, sluggish, and even worn (physically and mentally).
The drugs these individuals are taking are either illegally obtained or being used/created illegally. The needles are perhaps the most legal aspect of this process. Taking the needles away, means they must either hunt down a source of clean needles (i.e. breaking & entering) or risk using a suspected compromised needle.
Republicans do not like healthcare access to the poor or middle class. That much is apparent in all their ramblings on the subject. So it is reasonable to assume they would be against using taxpayer money to help get these drug abusers cleaned up. It takes a substantial amount of money to physically, mentally, and emotion clean up some of these individuals.
So why are the Republicans against both ideas? It's rather, if not insidious. If the abuser does not wish to use a suspected compromised needle, they have to procure some from another source: medical supply locations. Where would one find such needles? Pharmacies, hospitals, local clinics, etc. The bigger the location, the more likely it has security (armed or not). But that 'ma and pa' pharmacy would not have an security guard. So the place gets robbed. How do the poor citizens of these local clinics and pharmacies protect themselves from those evil drug abusers? With GUNS! That's right, the GOP/TP are in bed with the NRA for a reason. An insidious and awful reason; but a reason none the less.
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ORIGINAL: MercTech
Now, lifting the monopoly on access to medical equipment would make more sense. Not requiring a prescription to purchase a new, clean, syringe would be a better start.
Requiring a prescription to obtain new, fresh needles, allows medical folks to start the process of treatment. The process has to start somewhere; better in a medical treatment room than on the street! When we hear about needles being released to the general public, its not what it sounds. The ones giving the needles are trying to gain 'understanding' with the abusers. To tell them they can come in, get treatment, and maybe try to rebuild their lives. All off the record, without the law enforcement or the courts involved (one of the main fears of drug abusers I would suspect).
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ORIGINAL: MercTech
Wait, that would mean people would be able to make their own decisions to pave their way into hell. We can't have people making their own wrong decisions. We have to make sure they are dependent on big gubmint.
Better than big corpies! Since whom are the big corporations answerable to? Certainly not the common US Citizen. However 'big gubmint' *IS answerable to the common US Citizen.
People make their own decisions all the time. One only has to look on the 'Fail Blog' that exist to youtube.com. Yes, we all make bad decisions in life. Some make worst decisions. Which is one (of many) reasons we have government to help these people get back on track in life. Since we clearly know as the situation gets worst, it gets deadlier. For the abusers, their family, and even the common citizen.
Why do you think those 'stand your ground' laws came into existence? The gun industry needs their products sold to make a profit on people whom are afraid of drug abusers attacking them. Their salesman? Why the NRA....
How does the NRA allow that process to take place? Both fueling the fears while keeping laws regarding firearms as 'freely accessible' as possible. Helps when you have convinced a majority of Americans of the corrupted version of the 2nd amendment.
Why force the 'big gubmint' to handle drug abuse, when we, the common citizen can use our guns to 'handle' the problem? 'take the law into our own hands, with our guns'. What could possibility happen that is bad?
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ORIGINAL: MercTech
I guess my snark meter is pegged tonight. But, I do think making syringes available without requiring a hundred buck trip to a doctor for a prescription would take care of a lot of the problem.
Actually, drug abuse has gone down in many places. A hundred different reasons I would suspect. In fact, setting circumstances so that medical doctors can see drug abusers, nearly for free, to help start the process; is a 'bad thing' in your viewpoint?
Again, teenagers do dumb things. We were all teenagers once. We either did, or watch someone else do something dumb. And paid the price for that lack of wisdom. As we got older, we did less stupid stuff, and more sophisticated dumb things. Yet, who picks up the pieces? Usually the government. So what if we could design systems, laws, and allow law enforcement/communities better reaction time to these problems? Or to allow pro-active 'involvement' before that person start abusing drugs? In fact, we have done so. From the federal government on down to the SADD organizations in high schools.
The Democrats have the right idea on dealing with this issue on health care. Using government to directly help the poor and middle class in obtaining good quality healthcare without costing them piles of money. Republicans and the Tea Party are against this notion.
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Part and parcel of the problem is the hyper inflated charges for medical care. A lot of rural America can't afford prescription medicine and are using cut rate alternatives. It is possible to use veterinary medicines for humans in a lot of cases.
Given that cats and dogs are mammals like us humans; some drugs work the same way. This however is not always the case. We test drugs on mice in the labs to identify potential harmful problems. Generally they might go up one step before human trials. Finally releasing to the general public for consumption. The problem is that people think they are medical doctors when it comes to drugs. Since is often how problems start......
One of the goals in the ACA was to allow communities, regardless of size, to have the same access to medical treatment and drugs as the big cities. While it sounds great on paper; in reality there does still seem to be a few hurdles to navigate over. Its one of the areas that needs more work on to be effective. It would take Congress adding material to the ACA; and we all know how much the current 'owners' of Congress like that idea, right?
A decade and more before the ACA, saw small communities dealing with drug abuse simply by catching the offenders and throwing them in jail. This simply shipped the problem to the state level rather than the community. This help create the over crowding of prisons we currently have in America. When those people get out of prison, most are STILL not really treated. Yes, they went through withdrawal and such. However, no one was able to fix them physically, mentally, and emotionally.
That person simply goes through a stressful and anxious period of troubles, POOF, they are drug abusers once more. Once more a problem for the community to handle. Because we failed (as citizens and government) to give these people the tools to handle life's stressers while in prison. To basically build them up to be productive and good members of society. In some cases, we have been successful. Those individuals, while in prison, got treatment in one form or another. After they got out, the community helped them establish their lives. Some even are brave enough to return the favor from the communities and talk to youngsters and adults about the pain and destruction of drug abuse.
Why vote for the GOP/TP whose only understanding of the problem and solution(s) is to bury their head up their own ass and hope it goes away?
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