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entwisi · 24-11-2006, 06:52

One regular comment seems to be that you don't want to pay for it.

What you seem to be missing is that we already pay for more than it would cost thus freeing up resources(both financial and nurses/police time). The NHS has to treat the results of their addiction be it them OD'ing, the injuries to people mugged and the support and care of elderly people who struggle to cope after break ins etc.

The cost of policing both the crime that occurs to pay for the drug and the supply chain itself from suppliers in Afganistan to the street level pushers is tremendous. The manpower involved is enormous.

Lets stop looking so introspectively and see what really matters in life, the protection and care of the law abiding majority. TBH I don't care too much whether the addicts choose to OD or take up the rehab as long as it makes teh streets safer, the nurses and poplice have more time and money to tackle other more important issues such as the supply of herceptin etc, tackling antisocial behaviour and making life generally better for the vast majority of us

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entwisi God Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Up Bash Posts: 7,827 Blog Entries: 3 Liked: 44 times Rep Power: 4390	Re: Should a drug addict be given a regular fix by the NHS? One regular comment seems to be that you don't want to pay for it. What you seem to be missing is that we already pay for more than it would cost thus freeing up resources(both financial and nurses/police time). The NHS has to treat the results of their addiction be it them OD'ing, the injuries to people mugged and the support and care of elderly people who struggle to cope after break ins etc. The cost of policing both the crime that occurs to pay for the drug and the supply chain itself from suppliers in Afganistan to the street level pushers is tremendous. The manpower involved is enormous. Lets stop looking so introspectively and see what really matters in life, the protection and care of the law abiding majority. TBH I don't care too much whether the addicts choose to OD or take up the rehab as long as it makes teh streets safer, the nurses and poplice have more time and money to tackle other more important issues such as the supply of herceptin etc, tackling antisocial behaviour and making life generally better for the vast majority of us __________________ Ian Technical God, No 1 Geek And Linux Guru Have you seen my Flickr pictures?