That's certainly a part of it.
That, and the lack of decent social security.
My theory is that the root cause is the basic American christian believe that the poor didn't pray hard enough.
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Tusk knows where you live, Sun 22 Aug 2021, 22:29,
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Not really the answer as Universal Health Care has to deal with the outcome rather than being the solution
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spazzcaptain Misses Valin @, Sun 22 Aug 2021, 22:30,
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Not really. NHS Doctors are very good at not just dishing out painkillers willy nilly.
Combined with a health strategy that focuses on prevention and proactive health messaging, as well as a stronger societal safety net, we have fewer people left to get into these situations.
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rjmrjm, Sun 22 Aug 2021, 22:36,
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Far fewer mainly because we have a much smaller population.
After years of SNP rule Scottish drug deaths have been increasing year on year and are now the highest in Europe, so I respectfully disagree with what you say. In Portugal, where drugs have been decriminalised, they have far fewer deaths, despite having more addicts.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Sun 22 Aug 2021, 22:45,
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Still, it's unlikely the Gorbals will end up looking like this, though.
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Tusk knows where you live, Sun 22 Aug 2021, 23:12,
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I think that's got more to do with the climate than anything else.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Sun 22 Aug 2021, 23:14,
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Maybe the SNP/Green not-coalition will do something about it when they realise that most of them support independence.
I was working in a particularly drug-prone pharmacy on referendum day in 2014, and two methadone clients stood out. There was the guy who'd put all the Yes posters up on his window, but when the day came "nobody told me you've got to register to vote!" Then there was the one who'd been to vote, but was irate that he'd been given a pencil to do so. "I've never voted with a pencil in my life!" he exclaimed. "You know who that is? The English."
Yes, the English rigged the vote by altering the slips with a giant rubber. You heard it here first.
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The law isn't helping here.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/police-scotland-defend-decision-charge-22900959
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Sun 22 Aug 2021, 23:08,
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FFS
Give the guy a government grant, don't prosecute him.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Sun 22 Aug 2021, 23:13,
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If he tried selling smack from it, local dealers would shut him down anyway.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Sun 22 Aug 2021, 23:41,
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He could always get an ice cream van.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Sun 22 Aug 2021, 23:52,
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I'll bet the permits are very expensive.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Sun 22 Aug 2021, 23:58,
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That cost could easily covered if he had a deep fat fryer fitted.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Mon 23 Aug 2021, 0:35,
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Lots of people in the US lose everything due to medical bills.
GoFundMe is littered with pleas for help with medical bills.
Do a search on 'medical bankruptcy'
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Tusk knows where you live, Sun 22 Aug 2021, 22:44,
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and crack is pretty more-ish
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Sun 22 Aug 2021, 23:53,
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