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http://news.scotsman.com/health.cfm?id=1118552004
Nothing new. But, nonetheless depressing. It’s a sad failure of our society that a story of pre-teen heroine addicts doesn’t force our politicians to actually do something. Whatever they’re doing at the moment simply isn’t enough.
Will it always be like this? Will it get worse? Any ideas on how this sorta thing can get better?
Nothing new. But, nonetheless depressing. It’s a sad failure of our society that a story of pre-teen heroine addicts doesn’t force our politicians to actually do something. Whatever they’re doing at the moment simply isn’t enough.
Will it always be like this? Will it get worse? Any ideas on how this sorta thing can get better?
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the deaths are obviously very real but i have real doubts about pre teens being 'addicts.'
to be an addict is an expensive pastime and takes a lot of cunning and shrewdness.
how can 10/11 and 12 year olds be addicts unless someone is giving them heroin for free ...or maybe for services as a runner?
if someone is paying these kids as runners then someone should be getting thirty years.
One where addicts don't have to commit other crimes to pay for their addiction.
One where they will get clean drugs for free, taking the money away from organised crime.
It will be a society where we treat addiction as an illness, rather than as a crime.
Oops, siding with Skive. Not necessarily full legalisation. But making sure that adicts are as safe as possible. A misguided 10-year-old shouldn't have to die because they're considered a criminal instead of ill.
decriminalise usage, and give all addicts a free supply of needles and cheap or free heroin so they can get fof it
in scotland though, i have the feeling that it a serious lack of potential of future for these council estate kids that leads them to drugs
fuck all for kids to do these days, cause of busybodies who complain when kids play football on street, or those 2 boys who got a court summons for playing football on their street, cause it was 'obstructing traffic' when the road was empty and in middle of nowhere
how many people on these boards know how to chase the draggon or mix up a hit with acetic acid and then inject it?
Skive's idea, distasteful as it initially sounds, is the way to cure the problem in the short term. If getting people addicted to this stuff won't make money for the dealers, then they won't bother selling it. But in this "string 'em up" culture we have, this will never happen.
The greatest deterrent to serious drug abuse? Ambition and hope.
One word: addiction.
If they could stop they would stop.;
People make mistakes.
So because they made a mistake they shouldn't be helped?
So because their mother is an addict they shouldn't be helped?
You truly do define compassionate.
Yes but it's not as clear cut as that.
Drugs can be bad if you become dependant or abuse them. There's a lot of drugs that most people can use without any negative effects. Unfortunately because the media and the government enjoy this simple 'just say no - drugs are bad' crap rather than educating people proplerly we now have this problem.
People have a serious distrust of everything the government say when it comes to drugs because half of it is 99% bullshit. Education and harm reduction is the key, not stupid scare tactics.