| Comment | Those programs are designed to put the people with addictions in contact with support systems that can help them and, while doing so, reduce their exposure to the type of social situations that create barriers to getting over an addiction.
A person who is addicted to heroin getting their heroin from a nurse with a sterile needle, in a clean environment, will be less likely to overdose, less likely to end up with any infections from a dirty needle, so just from that perspective *alone*, it is better than shouldering the cost of dealing with an overdose or an infection if one happens. |
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