Comments on: Vienna Journal, Part 3: Honesty Check http://blog.nau.com/2007/09/28/vienna-journal-part-3-honesty-check/ dedicated to stirring the pot Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:51:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Rhonda http://blog.nau.com/2007/09/28/vienna-journal-part-3-honesty-check/#comment-31077 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 07:14:49 +0000 http://blog.nau.com/2007/09/28/vienna-journal-part-3-honesty-check/#comment-31077 Ignorance should not be tolerated and knowledge is key. This type of available information, if from a reliable source may encourage individuals from partaking in what they might have thought would be a harmless trip down escapism lane. Facts and information paint the portrait of a decision. If one choses to do the act of escapism and does so blindly, (which is the act of taking the drug in the first place)and now has to consider is the drug what I thought it was, this knowledge may help paint the decision to not take the drug at all. Ignorance should not be tolerated and knowledge is key. This type of available information, if from a reliable source may encourage individuals from partaking in what they might have thought would be a harmless trip down escapism lane. Facts and information paint the portrait of a decision. If one choses to do the act of escapism and does so blindly, (which is the act of taking the drug in the first place)and now has to consider is the drug what I thought it was, this knowledge may help paint the decision to not take the drug at all.

]]> by: John http://blog.nau.com/2007/09/28/vienna-journal-part-3-honesty-check/#comment-31064 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:32:25 +0000 http://blog.nau.com/2007/09/28/vienna-journal-part-3-honesty-check/#comment-31064 I grew up in Oslo, Norway where a place for needle exchange and a room where drug addicts can use clean needles in a safe environment has been around for some time. The location is close to where drug addicts seem to congregate and the location is not anywhere close to a residential area. From what I understand, it has provided better control of the user population and reduced infection rates which can be nothing but positive. The needle exchange location also serves the need for people trying to get off drugs and is a location where methadone is provided to people with valid prescriptions. Doing nothing never solved a problem. I grew up in Oslo, Norway where a place for needle exchange and a room where drug addicts can use clean needles in a safe environment has been around for some time. The location is close to where drug addicts seem to congregate and the location is not anywhere close to a residential area. From what I understand, it has provided better control of the user population and reduced infection rates which can be nothing but positive. The needle exchange location also serves the need for people trying to get off drugs and is a location where methadone is provided to people with valid prescriptions. Doing nothing never solved a problem.

]]> by: Otis http://blog.nau.com/2007/09/28/vienna-journal-part-3-honesty-check/#comment-30891 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 20:08:20 +0000 http://blog.nau.com/2007/09/28/vienna-journal-part-3-honesty-check/#comment-30891 Certainly a possibility. I've never used one, or lived near one. However, they are proven to succeed at their intended goal of lowering infection rates, primarily for HIV, among intravenous drug users, the cost of whose health care often falls back to taxpayers. I didn't intend this post to endorse or condone any set of behaviors, but if change is going to happen, in any area, an honest look at the situation and the possible courses of action must be a part of the process. Thanks for reading, Otis Certainly a possibility. I’ve never used one, or lived near one. However, they are proven to succeed at their intended goal of lowering infection rates, primarily for HIV, among intravenous drug users, the cost of whose health care often falls back to taxpayers.

I didn’t intend this post to endorse or condone any set of behaviors, but if change is going to happen, in any area, an honest look at the situation and the possible courses of action must be a part of the process.

Thanks for reading,

Otis

]]> by: charlie http://blog.nau.com/2007/09/28/vienna-journal-part-3-honesty-check/#comment-30835 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 01:12:30 +0000 http://blog.nau.com/2007/09/28/vienna-journal-part-3-honesty-check/#comment-30835 Needle exchange=more junkies moving to the area. Just what every neighborhood needs more of. Needle exchange=more junkies moving to the area. Just what every neighborhood needs more of.

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