Monday, November 1, 2004, 9:02:51 PM, Paul Stone wrote: PS> 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." PS> It's a pity that diabetics can't get free needles too. over here, diabetics get all their medicine etc. (i.e. needles if they need injections) free (not just medicine for diabetes). -- Judy Evans, Cardiff, UK mailto:judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html