Weird News

squirell nutkin · 04-10-2010, 09:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crimson Ghost

Isn't having fun illegal for Muslim women?
And Muslims in general?

Allah's justice is swift and sure.

I'm not sorry about ur Isadora Duncan impression

jinx · 04-10-2010, 11:09 AM

No scarves, dahling.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-17-2010, 03:02 AM

At least the ones running the prisons have.

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Prisoners who have beaten their drug dependency while incarcerated are being given substances such as methadone – the highly addictive heroin substitute – before their release, according to reports.
The process, called "retoxification", is allegedly designed to boost the tolerance of former addicts who are deemed likely to start using drugs on their release, to minimise the risk of them taking an overdose.

This has been going on for five years in England and Scotland, even at young offenders' institutions.

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SamIam · 04-17-2010, 10:41 AM

Well, that's nice. At least the Brits don't have to step over the bodies of all those o'ded junkies. I wonder if the program is limited to those who had an addiction before being arrested or if anyone can sign up to get a whole new addiction?

Methadone is so easy to get here that its ridiculous. I had an aquaitance a little while back who was taking massive doses of the stuff obtained quite legally thru her doctor. The catch was that she had never been a heroin addict - she just lied about it because she wanted to have a legal way of staying high on a pharma pure subtance.

IMO we might as well legalize heroin and forget about the methadone program.

classicman · 04-19-2010, 03:12 PM

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Carruthers · 04-19-2010, 03:27 PM

More a case of 'incredible but true' rather than weird news, but I offer it here for your perusal:

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Peter Aspinall, 64, had been asked to prune a sycamore tree in the grounds of a hotel, but instead of leaning his ladder against the trunk he placed it against the branch he was hacking down.

When the branch fell it took Mr Aspinall with it, 14ft to the ground below. He broke his heel, damaged his ligaments and had to spend ten days in hospital recovering from surgery on his injuries.

Now Mr Aspinall, who had worked at the Egerton House Hotel near Bolton, Lancashire, for just two weeks, is suing them for compensation.

Essentially, he is suing them for not spotting that he was/is stupid.

Daily Telegraph

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04-17-2010, 10:41 AM	#4
SamIam Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Not here Posts: 2,655	Well, that's nice. At least the Brits don't have to step over the bodies of all those o'ded junkies. I wonder if the program is limited to those who had an addiction before being arrested or if anyone can sign up to get a whole new addiction? Methadone is so easy to get here that its ridiculous. I had an aquaitance a little while back who was taking massive doses of the stuff obtained quite legally thru her doctor. The catch was that she had never been a heroin addict - she just lied about it because she wanted to have a legal way of staying high on a pharma pure subtance. IMO we might as well legalize heroin and forget about the methadone program.

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