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[Craig Sanders]

On Tue, Sep 11, 2007 at 01:01:34PM +1000, Howard Lowndes wrote:
> Rick Welykochy wrote:
>> They haven't, yet. The idea of user pays for lifestyle related
>> diseases has been tossed around. Should I pay for a smoker's lung
>> cancer treatment?  I say yes. In the long run, providing universal
>> health care benefits us all. But a bit of education goes a long way
>> towards ensuring better health.
>
> Would you pay for a druggies treatment as well?  I certainly wouldn't.

why not?

illegal drugs are a hell of a lot less risky than mountain climbing or
skiing. and certainly far less risky than either driving or being a
pedestrian.

or are some forms of risky behaviour (categorised according to
prejudice and propaganda rather than by relative risk level) "morally
pure"/"deserving" and others not?

craig

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craig sanders <cas at taz.net.au>