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Limeys open heroin shop in Middlesbrough
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2019-07-20 at 11:13 AM UTC
The Home Office has issued the first UK licence to distribute free supplies of heroin to addicts.
https://www.christian.org.uk/news/home-office-gives-green-light-for-heroin-distribution-centre/
The centre, based in Middlesbrough, will attempt to wean long-term addicts off the Class A drug by controlling their intake.
The facility is backed by local police and doctors but experts fear the move will attract more addicts and ‘increase addiction’.
Three shots
Users will be allowed up to three shots of the medical-grade heroin – diamorphine – per day.
Nurses will load the correct dose into a syringe and oversee its administration, but in most cases users will inject themselves.
The Middlesbrough centre opens in the Autumn and will be followed by an NHS heroin assisted treatment centre in Glasgow.
‘Facilitating dependence’
David Green, Director of think-tank Civitas, said if drug distribution centres become accepted, they “could increase the amount of addiction”.
He said: “I would like to see a heavy emphasis on getting people off drugs altogether as the first-choice line of attack.”
Drugs researcher Neil McKeganey said the treatment of drug addicts “should be focused on helping them into a drug-free state, not facilitating dependence”.
Can we please talk about what a bad idea this is. Heron users need to be punished, not given drugs for free. -
2019-07-20 at 11:34 AM UTCThey should at least charge themThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2019-07-20 at 11:35 AM UTC
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2019-07-20 at 11:36 AM UTCDebit and cash
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2019-07-20 at 11:38 AM UTCdunno i didn’t read it just assumed criminal charges blehhh inshluld sleep more
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2019-07-20 at 11:39 AM UTCThese drug centers make millions of dollars for themselves billing the government for your tax dollars, and BigPharma has all the politicians in their back pocket. It's got nothing at all to do with wanting to help anyone. It has to do with a bunch of literal traitors for profit creating a market where they can all get rich off other people's suffering.
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2019-07-20 at 11:42 AM UTC
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2019-07-20 at 11:44 AM UTCseems pretty reckless and out of line with current policy to actually provide them with heroin
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2019-07-20 at 11:51 AM UTCNotice how they will use "medical-grade heroin – diamorphine". Hmm.. now who manufactures that? I wonder...
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2019-07-20 at 11:54 AM UTCWockhardt UK is one of the largest generic pharmaceutical companies in the UK.
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2019-07-20 at 11:55 AM UTC
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2019-07-20 at 11:59 AM UTC
Originally posted by Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country https://www.christian.org.uk/news/home-office-gives-green-light-for-heroin-distribution-centre/
Can we please talk about what a bad idea this is. Heron users need to be punished, not given drugs for free.
so what about us smokers then? fucked if i'm getting on that dirty needle ffs.
i knew they'd conveniently leave us out when they did this.
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2019-07-20 at 12 PM UTC
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2019-07-20 at 12:11 PM UTCI don't know how to inject but if some cute nurse wants to shoot me up I would go there in a heartbeat
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2019-07-20 at 12:16 PM UTCNo, no. They would have you inject yourself. Little bit a legal maneuvering there.
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2019-07-20 at 12:56 PM UTC
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2019-07-20 at 1:44 PM UTC
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2019-07-20 at 2:35 PM UTCi wanna shoot
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2019-07-20 at 3:58 PM UTC
