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Tim Crowley turm...@freespeechseattle.org
more FACT "However, drug treatment programs are not readily available. A 1990 survey by the National ***ociation of State and Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors found that, for example, an estimated 280,000 pregnant women nationwide were in need of drug treatment, yet less than 11% of them received care.
Long waiting lists, lack of insurance, and the shortage of treatment facilities for subgroups (e.g., pregnant women with children) contribute to the scarcity. "
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http://www.apa.org/ppo/issues/pshalala.html March 17, 1998 The Honorable Donna E. Shalala Secretary of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20201 Dear Madam Secretary: On behalf of the 155,000 members and affiliates of the American Psychological ***ociation (APA), I am writing to respectfully urge you to lift the ban on federal funding for needle exchange programs.
APA is the largest scientific and professional organization representing psychologists in the United States. APA's membership includes researchers, educators, clinicians, consultants, and students. Our mission is to advance psychology as a science, as a profession, and as a means of promoting human welfare.
Substance abuse is a public health crisis that continues to destroy the lives of an estimated 1.5 million injection drug users in the United States. The use and abuse of legal and illegal substances has decimated the quality of life in many communities and neighborhoods across the United States. Women and their families are disproportionately impacted.
Women are primarily infected with HIV through drug use, or heterosexual transmission from an infected partner, often a drug user himself.
The preponderance of evidence from scientific evaluations of needle exchange programs shows either no change or decreased drug use.
Additionally, according to the 1997 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus Development Statement on Interventions to Prevent HIV Risk Behaviors, there is an impressive body of evidence that suggests positive effects of needle exchange programs. The number of studies showing beneficial effects on reducing high-risk behaviors such as needle sharing greatly outnumber those showing no effects.
In the ***ociation of State and Territorial Health Officials' 1997 case study (HIV Prevention Programs and Policies Targeting Injection Drug Users in M***achusetts and Washington State), it was illustrated that comprehensive HIV prevention programs for injection drug users contain numerous elements. Two key elements are access to substance abuse treatment and having a successful treatment outcome. The NIH Consensus Statement reported increased referral of substance abusers to drug treatment programs by needle exchange programs.
However, drug treatment programs are not readily available. A 1990 survey by the National ***ociation of State and Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors found that, for example, an estimated 280,000 pregnant women nationwide were in need of drug treatment, yet less than 11% of them received care.
Long waiting lists, lack of insurance, and the shortage of treatment facilities for subgroups (e.g., pregnant women with children) contribute to the scarcity.
Generally, when substance abuse treatment is available, it works.
According to a nationwide study of drug treatment outcomes sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, (Drug Abuse Treatment Outcome Study) the four most common forms of drug abuse treatment are all effective in reducing drug abuse. The study is one of the few national longitudinal studies to collect data on psychological disorders among drug abusers in treatment. The study also provides invaluable insight into critical differences between men and women entering drug abuse treatment. Knowing the gender-specific problems of substance abusers entering treatment can help providers tailor treatment to patients' specific needs.
We appreciate all your work on behalf of public health policy, and we respectfully urge you to lift the ban on federal funding of needle exchange programs.
Sincerely, Raymond D. Fowler Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer
"Pluto Grrrl" grrl...@msn.com
Do those people have insurance? Why not?
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SMITH29 smit...@attbi.com
xxxx 12 year old material.
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"Tim Crowley" turm...@blarg.net
Have you some information that shows access to treatment has improved?
SMITH29 smit...@attbi.com
xxxx Haven't looked. That's your research.
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"Tim Crowley" turm...@blarg.net
That's the sad thing about the whole discussion. You haven't taken the time to look at any of the facts. You'll have to look if you want to understand the issue.
SMITH29 smit...@attbi.com
xxxx The fact is that schedule 1 drugs cause terrible pain to the country and I am in favor of getting real serious about stopping the flow.
That's the interest I have.
You research the sick and I will campaign for more federal action.
Sound like a plan?
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"Tim Crowley" turm...@blarg.net
Campaign all you want. I will continue to seek facts and lobby based on knowledge. You keep on talk about killing people based on ignorance. Found any supporters for your plan yet. buahahahahaha..
Gregory Gadow techb...@serv.net
By far, the most effective way to stop the drug problem is to decrease the demand. We can do that first, by treating addicts, second, by working to alleviate the conditions that tend to encourage drug use, and third, by working to actually *educate* people as to why drugs are harmful. The so-called "war on drugs" has done little to decrease the amount of drugs entering this country and much to encourage official action that is of questionable Constitutionality and uncertain ethics... in other words, much to encourage the hastening decay of fundamental American principles.
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Gregory Gadow techb...@serv.net http://www.serv.net/~techbear If it is the act of a traitor to speak out against the unConstitional acts of my government, to excercise my rights guaranteed by that Constitution -- the right to publish my opinions and speak my thoughts, the right to petition for a redress of grievances, the right to be secure in my person and property against search and seizure without due process of law -- then I am a traitor.
And God grant us many, many more traitors, for we are in dire need of them.
SMITH29 smit...@attbi.com
xxxx DARE flopped... Any comment?
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"Tim Crowley" turm...@blarg.net
it's interesting that you are so concerned about schedule 1 drugs like marijuana, but you never mention schedule 2 drugs like cocaine and methamphetamine. Why do you suppose marijuana is schedule 1 while coke and speed are only schedule 2?
"Tim Crowley" turm...@blarg.net
DARE flopped because they failed to give accurate honest information about drugs, instead using scare tactics that fail. You can't educate kids by lying to them.
SMITH29 smit...@attbi.com
xxxx See Title 21 United States Code ( USC ) Controlled Substance Act.
Section 813.
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"Tim Crowley" turm...@blarg.net
Title 21 United States Code (USC) Controlled Substances Act
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Section 813. Treatment of Controlled Substance Analogues A controlled substance analogue shall, to the extent intended for human consumption, be treated, for the purposes of any Federal law as a controlled substance in schedule I.
(Pub.L. 91-513, Title II, Section 203, as added Pub.L. 99-570, Title I, Section 1202, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207-13; and amended Pub.L. 100-690, Title VI, Section 6470(c), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4378.) ____ And your point is????
"Tim Crowley" turm...@blarg.net
All drugs concern the DEA. Thanks for showing once again you haven't the faintest idea.
SMITH29 smit...@attbi.com
xxxx Yer just pissed cause I won't play silly games with you.
Try alt.used needles for a loser over there.
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"Tim Crowley" turm...@blarg.net
You couldn't be more wrong 29. I'm a little disapointed to learn the depth of your ignorance. But pissed, naw. I don't get mad. I get busy. I really did though think at one time that youu had a bit more substance. my miskake.
It's not a total loss though, much like bill bonzo bonde, you're good for an occasional laugh. thanks.
SMITH29 smit...@attbi.com
xxxx My Pleasure I'm sure.
Speaking of substance, Your penchant to legalize substance abuse is about as strange an idea as I have ever heard.
What does your Senator have to say about your off the wall ideas?
I'm interested to know.....
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Gregory Gadow techb...@serv.net
The DARE program: 1) Was corrupt almost from the very beginning, with large sums of money going into private pockets rather than drug avoidance programs. That corruption was what ultimately cancelled the program.
2) The focus of the program was too broad to be effective. Smaller, more targeted programs such as "Don't do pot", "Don't do heroin", "Don't do speed" would have been much more effective than a very broad based "Don't do drugs." 3) Specifically excluded tobacco and alcohol as drugs (it would not have been good PR to have the kiddies calling their parents drud users, would we?) For a great many young people -- myself included (the program was started in 1983) -- this hypocricy gave us no reason to pay attention to any other part of the program.
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Gregory Gadow techb...@serv.net http://www.serv.net/~techbear If it is the act of a traitor to speak out against the unConstitional acts of my government, to excercise my rights guaranteed by that Constitution -- the right to publish my opinions and speak my thoughts, the right to petition for a redress of grievances, the right to be secure in my person and property against search and seizure without due process of law -- then I am a traitor.
And God grant us many, many more traitors, for we are in dire need of them.
SMITH29 smit...@attbi.com
xxxx Were laws broken?
xxxx Interesting.
xxxx So if the DEA list of drugs can't be made available legally, tobacco and alcohol should be banned too. Is that the idea?
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Gregory Gadow techb...@serv.net
Why would you say that? And actually, I was incorrect in saying the program was cancelled.
According to several sources, DARE continues to go strong in many schools and communities around the country.
I did not write anything in my response regarding the DEA and the legality or illegality of any drugs. From where are you drawing your conclusion?
The point I am making is that drug use is dangerous, especially to young people, REGARDLESS of whether those drugs are legal or illegal, and any "just say no to drugs" program which does not address tobacco and alcohol is hypocritical in the extreme. When most people see that kind of hypocricy, they become inclined to treat the entire program with contempt if they pay any attention to it at all.
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Gregory Gadow techb...@serv.net http://www.serv.net/~techbear If it is the act of a traitor to speak out against the unConstitional acts of my government, to excercise my rights guaranteed by that Constitution -- the right to publish my opinions and speak my thoughts, the right to petition for a redress of grievances, the right to be secure in my person and property against search and seizure without due process of law -- then I am a traitor.
And God grant us many, many more traitors, for we are in dire need of them.
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