tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426187053282004467.post130838374269253425..comments2023-08-23T00:11:34.071+10:00Comments on The Australian Heroin Diaries: The Drug Law that Sends You to Jail for HelpingTerry Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12331435244789111209noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426187053282004467.post-6210820523359123762010-04-08T12:49:51.899+10:002010-04-08T12:49:51.899+10:00Excellent point rougevert.
He clearly helped that...Excellent point rougevert.<br /><br />He clearly helped that girl take the drug by giving it to her. I wonder what would have happened if it was more recent? ... or is it just when syringes are involved?Terry Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12331435244789111209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426187053282004467.post-65662017069530879772010-04-07T03:55:46.815+10:002010-04-07T03:55:46.815+10:00So are they going to charge Gary Ablett?
http://w...So are they going to charge Gary Ablett?<br /><br />http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/02/28/1046407751577.htmlxenonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16500150820332391594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426187053282004467.post-82112783317562472582010-04-03T10:40:53.824+11:002010-04-03T10:40:53.824+11:00I'm glad everyone agrees that it's a usele...I'm glad everyone agrees that it's a useless law. Tonia( Gingerbread House) summed it up perfectly.<br /><br />I am aware how many people need help sometimes with injections and to punish them is just insane.<br /><br />Thanks for your comments.Terry Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12331435244789111209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426187053282004467.post-10971278791454133502010-04-03T01:41:29.193+11:002010-04-03T01:41:29.193+11:00I have never injected myself & I call upon my ...I have never injected myself & I call upon my trusted mates to do so for me. This law is horrible. It forgets that I am a very willing participant! My mates are simply doing me a favour. They are not holding a gun to my head!<br /><br />I trust my mates & feel safe in knowing that they would call an ambulance if I was to overdose. If I was unfortunate enough to experience a fatal overdose, I would also never want my mates to feel responsible or experience punishment. My god - that is the last thing I would want!!<br /><br />What a stupid stupid STUPID law!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426187053282004467.post-59877336211345220242010-04-01T02:48:41.229+11:002010-04-01T02:48:41.229+11:00That's why I never inject anybody, even though...That's why I never inject anybody, even though i'm good at it. With veins as crap as mine you have to be... anyway... :-<Gledwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09308172310486574510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426187053282004467.post-28721813724860823252010-03-29T02:45:43.794+11:002010-03-29T02:45:43.794+11:00Terry, thanks for highlighting this issue. As is w...Terry, thanks for highlighting this issue. As is well known, chicken meat, for example, can be improperly handled prior to or post purchase and such mishandling can lead to food poisoning. In this way, these laws seem to be akin to someone suing a cashier at a grocery store for selling them meat from which they got lethal food poisoning. A more 'black market' analogy might be a certain relative of mine who buys tobacco under the table for their own use, because it's cheaper. I can't imagine ever sending the tobacco seller to jail if my relative were to die of lung cancer.<br /><br />Aside from that, there are all sorts of social justice issues raised when our JUSTICE system is abused in this way. I suppose it depends on whether one views the justice system as a legal tool, or as a tool of justice.<br /><br />Also, a previous poster mentioned something about an 'epidemic'... given the rest of this persons post, I wonder if the use of the word was well though through. I say this not as a criticism, just food for thought.Gingerbread Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820748499349893162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426187053282004467.post-18235274448083745092010-03-22T18:43:27.311+11:002010-03-22T18:43:27.311+11:00Thanks Jeffrey.
Thanks for the info.
I will check...Thanks Jeffrey.<br /><br />Thanks for the info.<br />I will check out you sites over the next few days.Terry Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12331435244789111209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426187053282004467.post-65882123366348736442010-03-22T18:41:34.407+11:002010-03-22T18:41:34.407+11:00Howdy Mina
Yes, a disgraceful law. I thought Euro...Howdy Mina<br /><br />Yes, a disgraceful law. I thought Europe would be more rational.Terry Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12331435244789111209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426187053282004467.post-80711563612550160682010-03-22T06:43:31.585+11:002010-03-22T06:43:31.585+11:00Hi,
I have had a look at your site and appreciate...Hi,<br /><br />I have had a look at your site and appreciate your efforts. I am a psychiatrist and 16-yr opiate addict, 10 yrs clean (used to be an anesthesiologist), and have a similar calling. I teach a a local med school, have a radio show, medically direct a residential treatment program, and have a private practice in psychiatry. <br />We have had an epidemic of overdose deaths from heroin in Wisconsin in the US, and the legal climate is similar to yours. The recent death of a 15-y-o girl who took buprenorphine and benzos (wasn't tolerant to either) has sparked a great deal of fury in particular.<br />My recovery is step-based, but I've become an advocate for buprenorphine and the treatment of addiction as a MEDICAL illness; I have a number of web efforts to that end and would appreciate any publicity that you can spread my way. The forum in particular has good info about buprenorphine, and I have an e-book with many of the more common buprenorphine-related issues described in detail.<br />The main portal to my sites is through http://addictionremission.com. The individual sites are http://suboxforum.com and http://suboxonetalkzone.com , and the book is at http://bupeguide.com .<br /><br />Drop me a note sometime-- my e-mail can be found at my practice web site, fdlpsychiatry.com .<br /><br />Jeffrey T Junig MD PhDAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02472481578443505982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426187053282004467.post-29558128722231790022010-03-21T18:13:09.539+11:002010-03-21T18:13:09.539+11:00It's horrible. We have the same kind of law in...It's horrible. We have the same kind of law in Austria. Here, you also get a jail sentence for helping someone inject and the person dies. <br /><br />And also for providing someone with the substance; like when one friend buys it and uses it together with another friend afterwards (and thus gives it to another person).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com