Last year, my science teacher told us that some doctors give out clean needles to people who inject themselves. Now is that wrong? If they inject themselves anyways and its illegal, would it be better to hand out clean ones to stop infection from spreading and stop STD's, HIV and AID's? In a way, it is kind of like handing out condoms to teens. They're going to do it anyways, so might as well make it safer right? But then, it would encourage them to do it and introduce it to new people. How about not handing it out, so they know the consequences and fear doing it more?
It's a contradictory topic so let me know what you think. The pros and cons and etc.
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First of all, in most states, you don't need a perscription to get a needle (you actually get those at the pharmacy, not the doctor's office). Secondly, they have needle exchanges where you hand in your old needle and they give you a fresh, clean one.
Regardless, I don't see what the big deal is with drugs in general, but specifically, needle drugs. If anything, injecting a drug is the safest way you could take a drug (that is, with the least negative side-effects that have nothing to do with the drug), so a doctor would be doing the right thing if he were to give a patient a needle as opposed to letting his patient smoke or snort the drug.
--Mike
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I'd like to know why exactly you think that injecting a drug is safer than smoking or snorting it. Cocaine is cocaine. It's going to mess you up. Black tar heroin is black tar heroin: you're going to be narced out of your mind.
Furthermore, the contaminated needles that junkies use pose a safety hazard to those of us who aren't keen on hepatitis and aids.
Drugs are unsafe anyway. That's why they're so heavily regulated in settings like hospitals. That being said, I'd rather there be needle exchanges than not.
(if you can't see the fnords they won't eat you)
Relatively safer. You still get the effects lf the drug, but you don't get the effects of snorting or smoking something. Sure, your veins might collapse eventually, but it's not nearly as immediate of an effect that snorting something has on your nasal cavities or smoking has on your lungs/throat/mouth.
--Mike
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