[Linnear]

Originally Posted by admin

How much do we spend on treating smoking, alcoholics, drug addicts each year? Does a drug addict deserve treatment and a tubby person not? What about self inflicted harm? We had a guy who used to come to the pharmacy and ask how many paracetamol it took to kill you. He then took about 12 on a regular basis just to get a hospital bed. He must have cost the hospital thousands, but what do you do with him?

Seriously, I think that the problem is that everything is treated as 'the thin end of the wedge'.

We should be allowed to practise common sense in law, in healthcare and in all walks of life.

I know people that have practically been in tears because they can't lose waight no matter what but I know more that will not stop eating fatty food because they knwo they can get Losec on Rx! Using common sense should not be a problem treat those that have tried snd not the ones that haven't.

Before anyone jumps in, I know that this isn't a perfect idea but it's a damned sight better than treating all the ones that are a complete bunch of wasters.