Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Compo for cold turkey (cont.)

750,000 pounds to 200. That should buy a few doses.

The hysterical thing about this development is that earlier in the year there was talk about quietly "retoxifying" reformed addicts coming up for release to prevent them over-dosing once out.

So addicts are committing crimes to get into prison for treatment. They don't get any so sue and win. But, unless they are retoxified after the cold turkey, they run the risk of killing themselves on release. With three or four thousand pounds in their pockets the prospect seems even more likely.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I guess all we need now is for someone to 'prove' that burglary etc is actually a 'disease', and that by putting people in jail for it, infringes on their human rights.

Anonymous said...

I have the cure!

It's in the gun safe...