for free, but the NHS can no longer afford to pay for certain cancer drugs or drugs for people suffering from dementia. Do you think the NHS can get anymore messed up than this?
2006-11-23 07:22:39 · 14 answers · asked by keeley 4 in Health ➔ Other - Health
It costs 15grand per year per drug addict for this course, 400drug addicts in the trial means £6million pounds being spent.
The Alzheimer's drug per day per patient is £2.50.
(ta Daily Mail for facts and figures!)
2006-11-23 07:41:20 · update #1
Not yet it isn't but there are thoughts of doing so, and the costs will rise year on year. It's been tried in the past already. We will get addicts becoming more dependent. Doctors inundated with work. What if some people pretend to be addicts so that they can get supplies in order to get young children 'hooked' on drugs? What if some Doctors start drug dealing? It is open to all kinds of abuse. Money would be better spent trying to prevent people taking drugs in the first place and getting addicts off drugs. This is a typical example of what's wrong with this Country. What are we trying to do? Give the Police less work? We want a visible Police Force with more manpower to tackle crime, not a nanny force.
2006-11-23 08:00:11 · answer #1 · answered by Sandee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. One of the few things this government could do, is to push this through. It will not matter really as they are going to get slaughtered in the next election anyway as which ever party in power brings this in would get a right pasting by the press. As Brown and Labour are getting a pasting no matter what, they might have some courage and do something good and then take a beating. Making heroin illegal drives up the prices. Which means that the profits increase. Which means more people want to make money out of it. Legalise and regulate it, then you drive down prices. You can offer rehabilitation to addicts and cut down on drug related crime. I do not like drugs, they ruin lives and drug dealers are scum, but fighting this war is not working.
2016-05-22 23:47:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Didn't know that it was the case as of now.
Though I heard one of the high ranking police officer wants to introduce such policy a few days ago on channel 4 - according to a senior police officer of a police force, this is the best way to keep drug users off the street and from committing drugs related crime (robbing people's money for drugs).
I don't think that's the right way to deal with drug addicts.
NHS is enough mess as it is (finanically and instutuionally)
Guess who is paying for the bill?!
US!
2006-11-23 07:31:44 · answer #3 · answered by CM 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it doesn't. It does supply it, along with other opiates for extreme pain relief, often in people who are terminally ill.
You've heard half a news story - a senior police officer has suggested that it might be appropriate, rather than having these people involved in crime to fund their habit. This has its merits, but there are problems with htis approach - you never know quite how much NHS heroin would end up being cut down and re-sold.
As ever though, it gives people who don't know what they're talking about a chance to express outrage.
2006-11-23 07:41:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd rather the NHS supplies heroin to addicts - instead of addicts committing burgarlies, stealing cars, mugging people.. to get the money to pay the dealers.
And heroin isn't going to cost NHS much at all. Its not an expensive drug to manufacture, compared to some specialist cancer drugs.
Only dealers make huge profits on drugs cause they are "illegal".
Update: Well I stand corrected on the costs then - but I think those costs are well inflated - NHS is skimming something off somewhere.
And some addicts are victims too. Its not a nice life when everything rotates on getting your next fix, dirty needles, unpure supply.
2006-11-23 07:30:20 · answer #5 · answered by Joe Bloggs 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I saw this in the newspaper today but didnt have time to read the full story. I agree with you totally, theres people out there that need life saving drugs that the NHS say they cant afford to supply to them but they will supply drug users. Its so wrong i think the Government needs to seriously get there acts together.
2006-11-23 07:26:56 · answer #6 · answered by spensmum 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Really? this makes my blood boil, I suppose they are trying to copy Switzerland because they do exactly the same thing for their drug users. What will be next, coccaine, cannabis, fags, booze...why are we voting for this bloody Government?. By the way Marcus S, it's called bupernorphine and you can still take street heroin on top of it so it's not a proper substitute. They also remove tattoos which I don't agree with either.
2006-11-23 07:35:22 · answer #7 · answered by georgeygirl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read in the paper now there are more NHS managers than there are beds what a ridiculous state to be in and as for that Quango called NICE words fail me, at least polite ones do
Isn't it time we had a peasants revolt. I just cannot afford to keep any more immigrants on my pension tax
2006-11-25 11:07:42 · answer #8 · answered by bo nidle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They dont supply heroine, but methadone, a heroin substitute. But I agree with you, there are people in greater need that are been pushed to the back of the queue
2006-11-23 07:28:51 · answer #9 · answered by Wings 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think this is taking the piss out of us!! It make me so angry to think i had to pay for my perscriptions at nearly 6 quid a time and they just walk in and get HIGH for nothing!! yes it has gone mad but like and like everything else these day we'll end up paying more and more!!
2006-11-23 07:43:29 · answer #10 · answered by free2fall67 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋