Free Needles To Drug Users?
President Clinton recently voiced strong opposition to a proposal to distribute free needles to heroin users to fight the spread of AIDS, claiming that such a plan would only encourage drug use. What do you think?
Joan Toth,
Speech Pathologist
"I've never really considered becoming a heroin addict, but if the needles are free, why not?"
Dry Cleaner,
Craig Orr
"As a dry cleaner, I say what we need to do is provide heroin users with one-hour needle martinizing."
Joseph Funderburke,
Lawyer
"If we give out free needles to heroin addicts, how can we be sure diabetics won't take them and use them for their own purposes?"
Ken Schwab,
Systems Analyst
"The statistics show that heroin users who share needles have a very strong chance of getting really fucking high."
Elaine Steffens,
Advertising Executive
"As long as you aren't shooting up with homos, there shouldn't be any danger of catching the gay AIDS."
Lucas Kingery,
Biologist
"Giving needles to heroin addicts? What's next–calls anywhere in the continental U.S. at just 10 cents a minute?"
