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Believe it or not, the Right Wing Moralists and Left Wing Nanny State actually do collaborate, once in a while. But sadly it's not always for the improvement of Oklahomans.
Senator Carrie Hicks is a freshman Democrat from OKC. She filed SB1346 and the health committee is deciding whether to pass the measure onto the full Senate. It would take taxpayer money to set up 'Needle Exchanges' so that while you're shooting up heroine, you won't have to worry about AIDS or HepC. you might die any moment from your advanced drug addiction, but now the govt. is considering giving you assistance with the clean needles to kill yourself with. Why aren't diabetics contracting HepC and AIDS? It's simple.. They buy 9¢ needles in bulk. Why don't heroin addicts do the same? Because the District Attorney might find out that they're buying clean needles... So they reuse a needle that was already used before. It seems Oklahoma has statutes which allow cops & prosecutors to arbitrarily deem some medical devices as contraband paraphernalia. Insulin needles and allergy syringes are a couple of items which might fall into that group, depending on who wants to know. I just checked on Amazon.com. they sell a case of 100 insulin syringes for $8.99. That's 9¢ per device. A drug addict might be spending $2500 per month on cheap black tar heroin from Red China, but the state taxpayers are being asked to pay for needles to inject the deadly drugs. Who doesn't see a liability lawsuit waiting? |
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How about we quit prosecuting for possession of insulin needles and quit being a nanny state or a moral busybody. Maybe if we focus on real solutions and community services from charities who actually bring freedom to the addicted body & soul?
An executive order from the governor, and a repeal of ill-conceived paraphernalia statutes could actually save the state vast sums, & redirect law enforcement resources to more productive outcomes. Senator Hicks' bill is just another way to empower the state to screw up even worse than the right wing moralists already have. Both camps have shown themselves as threats to individual freedom. Sure street drugs often kill. But often we make the problem worse by heavy-handed police state tactics. the clean needles don't kill. But sometimes the paraphernalia laws unwittingly do. |
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