[lit-ideas] Re: Smack (was flu vaccine)
- From: Judy Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 22:20:56 +0000
Monday, November 1, 2004, 9:37:02 PM, Carol Kirschenbaum wrote:
CK> Paul STone wrote:
>>It's a pity that diabetics can't get free needles too.
CK> ck: They can if they're on Medicaid. I should have qualified my rant by
CK> stating that methadone programs in the US are tied to income, with sliding
CK> fees the rule. I'm not sure if private physicians are allowed to adminster
CK> methadone to their own patients.
Ah. Here they are not tied to income. I'm not sure what the position
is on private primary care doctors or NHS primary care doctors with
private patients, but private clinics would be able to prescribe it
(but would be licensed)
CK> ----- Original Message -----
CK> From: "Paul Stone" <pas@xxxxxxxx>
CK> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CK> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 1:02 PM
CK> 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
CK> methadone
>> >programs, which addict heroin users to a similarly addictive
>> >substance--methadone--and also provide disposable needles. Methodone may
CK> 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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