[lit-ideas] Re: Smack (was flu vaccine)
- From: Carol Kirschenbaum <carolkir@xxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2004 13:37:02 -0800
Paul STone wrote:
>It's a pity that diabetics can't get free needles too.
ck: They can if they're on Medicaid. I should have qualified my rant by
stating that methadone programs in the US are tied to income, with sliding
fees the rule. I'm not sure if private physicians are allowed to adminster
methadone to their own patients. People with diabetes aren't prohibited from
obtaining insulin or needles from private physicians, and employment
discrimination, by the govt and large companies, is prohibited under the
Americans wtih Disabilities Act. Not so for users or former users of
controlled and illegal substances.
Carol K.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Stone" <pas@xxxxxxxx>
To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 1:02 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Smack (was flu vaccine)
> At 03:31 PM 11/1/2004, you wrote:
> >Re: heroin addiction treatment programs/needles in the US
> >Surprise, Judy! Here, in the States, we have free community-based
methadone
> >programs, which addict heroin users to a similarly addictive
> >substance--methadone--and also provide disposable needles. Methodone may
not
> >be any less toxic than heroin, but it maintains users without giving the
> >high. Eliminating fun for the user is the main objective of the "war on
> >drugs."
>
> > not a diabetic,
> p
>
> ##########
> Paul Stone
> pas@xxxxxxxx
> Kingsville, ON, Canada
>
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