http://www.metafilter.com/tags/clinics Posts tagged with 'clinics' at MetaFilter. Tue, 16 Sep 2003 11:21:21 -0800 Tue, 16 Sep 2003 11:21:21 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/28344/Shooting%2Dgallery%2Dfor%2Daddicts <a href="http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030916/UCLINEC/TPTechInvestor/">"Vancouver has opened North America's first legal shooting gallery for drug addicts."</a> -for all you poor saps where guns are a part of your everyday vocabulary, NO that's not a place where drug addicts shoot guns.- this is a pilot program supported by all levels of government in BC and in Canada, where addicts can inject drugs in a supervised, clean environment. The purpose of which ultimately I think is to bridge the huge gap between "them" and "us" and possibly shrink the distance addicts have to reach through for help. Does my heart bleed for "them"? Absolutely not. You choose your weapon, you suffer the consequences. But what this could lead to is less addicts and therefore less reason for addicts to commit crimes to support their addictions... tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.28344 Tue, 16 Sep 2003 11:21:21 -0800 addiction addicts BC Canada clinics cocaine drug health heroin injection intravenous junkies narcotics needles program shootinggallery streetclinics Vancouver giantkicks http://www.metafilter.com/23639/Politicizing%2Dthe%2DAIDS%2Dcrisis <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/01/23/politics/main537682.shtml">Bush's pledge</a> to fight AIDS in Africa comes with some strings attached, it turns out. Bush is <a href="http://news.findlaw.com/ap_stories/a/w/1151/2-17-2003/20030217043005_25.html">limiting the funds</a> that clinics which perform abortions can receive. Is it moral to politicize an epidemic? tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.23639 Mon, 17 Feb 2003 10:43:24 -0800 abortions africa aids clinics epidemic funding georgebush hipnerd