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Originally Posted by maskedmelon
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of course. how do you not understand that addiction causes suffering though? and how do you not see safe injection sites as supporting addiction? they are an accessory in the act.
safe injection sites curtail potential symptoms, while supporting the illness. it perpetuates long term suffering and the conditions leading the problems it seeks to minimize. how is that rational or moral?
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Again, no addict has ever thought "I'm out of clean needles, guess I'll stop being an addict". Maybe in fantasy land closing clean needle clinics makes people stop being addicts, but in reality the simple truth is that addicts are going to be addicts with or without needle clinics. The ONLY difference the clinics make is in determining whether those addicts get diseases.
Please, show me ANY evidence that clinics result in higher addiction rates, or that eliminating them reduces addiction. If you can it genuinely might change my opinion and make me believe you.
I won't hold my breath though, as whatever you find would have to contradict both the World Health Organization and the American Medical Association ...
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Originally Posted by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Needle_exchange_programme
A comprehensive 2004 study by the World Health Organization (WHO) found a "compelling case that NSPs substantially and cost effectively reduce the spread of HIV among IDUs and do so without evidence of exacerbating injecting drug use at either the individual or societal level. WHO's findings have also been supported by the American Medical Association (AMA), which in 2000 adopted a position strongly supporting NSPs when combined with addiction counseling"
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