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Originally Posted by Ark2
I was thinking more along the lines of crack, heroin, and crystal meth, but that is still an interesting bit of information none-the-less.
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What I'm saying is, the federal government already subsidizes and distributes drugs that are more addictive and more harmful than crack and meth, why not give health canada the purview over those drugs as well.
Go to your doctor to get clean, regulated meth, during regular hours, in a regulated government building full of health professionals who can best advise on symptoms, withdrawal and give the necessary psych, prescription and other treatment referrals.
Consistency of supply, cost, location and availability vs. unknown area of origin, ingredients, elevated cost for unknown quality, some ####e dark alley/whorehouse/flophouse/crack den, with unknown future availability.
One of those scenarios breeds excessively larger burdens on society, both in terms of the human cost and, for some people more importantly,
the economic cost.
We already know preventative care is dramatically less expensive than showing up at the ER with all sorts of problems, why not apply that to some of the costliest parts of the healthcare system?
Or do we fear our healthcare system so much that we think doctors will start prescribing crack to children?