Liberals want government shoot-up rooms for heroin users

Associated Press

Across the United States, heroin users have died in alleys behind convenience stores, on city sidewalks and in the bathrooms of fast-food joints – because no one was around to save them when they overdosed.

An alarming 47,000 American overdose deaths in 2014 – 60 percent from heroin and related painkillers like fentanyl – has pushed elected leaders from coast to coast to consider what was once unthinkable: government-sanctioned sites where users can shoot up under the supervision of a doctor or nurse who can administer an antidote if necessary.

“Things are getting out of control. We have to find things we can do for people who are addicted now,” said New York state Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal, who is working on legislation to allow supervised injection sites that would also include space for treatment services. “The idea shouldn’t be dismissed out of hand. I don’t see anyone else coming up with anything new and innovative.”

.......At least two staffers, including a registered nurse, monitor the injection room. They are not allowed to administer drugs, though sterile needles are provided. If a patient overdoses, the nurse delivers the antidote Narcan, which quickly reverses the overdose.......“They saved my life three times,” he said, adding that addiction shouldn’t be demonized.  “There’s a large section of society that still refuses to accept it as a disease,” he said..........To Read More.....

My Take - So they're saving their lives?  Or are they extending their agony?  And of course it's outrageous some people can't see this is a disease....Right?  Which of course makes it their fault this is a continuing addiction problem....and has nothing to do with personal choice and responsibility.......Right? 

Can't they see there's a addiction virus running around out there which forces those with no immunity to it to illegally buy narcotics from criminals to inject into their bodies over and over again until their so addicted they're willing to commit suicide with these substances?  Well, either way - It must be our fault!  Right?