MORE OF THE SAME: “JUST SAYING NO” TO REALITY...

The reality that opiate addiction remains a chronic medical condition for which, at the moment, there is no known “cure.” Thus the following in a UK Press Association article of 20 July referring to opposition party of England and Wales: “Conservatives have called for an ‘abstinence-based’ approach to drug rehabilitation, after uncovering figures showing that fewer than 4% of addicts undergoing treatment become drug-free each year.” Would the Conservatives deny diabetics continued insulin based on the same criterion? Or epileptic patients their anti-seizure medication? Or...?