It's now Permanent: Possession of Syringes and Needles is Now Legal in California

I used to handle court cases for people charged with syringe possession in California. The most recent one was around fifteen years back. Since then I've moved on to bigger cases.

I'm totally addicted to pizza and wonder if there's anywhere that accepts leftover crusts in trade for extra slices.

Anyone skipping the rim has got to be out of their mind. Dedicated fans of this dish always finish every last piece.

I hope you were joking. That’s on them. Let natural selection handle it. They picked that lifestyle.

Like I also chose to be fat? Addiction is strange, runs in families but skips generations sometimes. Some folks get hooked on one thing, others on something else like food. Some of us get pulled into lots of things. It's thought to be an addictive personality. Nothing logical about it, just brain chemistry. I thank the universe I found a way out, like using Tirz for my food issues. Maybe it found me. I wasn't smart enough to sort it alone. Darwin only got it partly right.

👆The most shocking thing to me lately in the US is how much hate people have for each other, whether it's for things they can control or can't. Just hate everywhere, lack of empathy and lots of narcissism.

I am absolutely not joking. If we followed natural selection I would have died from thyroid cancer already. On choosing the lifestyle, I'm open to limits that clearly help society overall. More deaths from disease isn't helpful. You also seem to think you or your family won't catch diseases tied to drug use. Someone I know got HIV then AIDS from sex with an IV drug user. Nelson Mandela didn't push hard against AIDS in South Africa and his son died from it. I feel for drug users. Even so, if requiring prescriptions would actually stop drug use I'd back that rule.

People keep pushing this idea that certain foods create true addiction like some kind of infection spreading through the body. That framing just gives folks an excuse to avoid facing their own choices. Back when my weight was high I never resorted to desperate acts for snacks or stood around asking strangers for cash to buy sugary drinks. Even during the period when I avoided mirrors while cleaning up because the sight bothered me so much I still never asked anyone else to hand over meals. Calling the whole thing an illness mainly lets medical professionals push operations and lets corporations push pills while shielding everyone from questioning how things work and from feeling uncomfortable. Shifting blame outward stops anyone from simply admitting they enjoy eating and skip exercise out of habit. It feels simpler to claim some condition that draws sympathy instead. Try telling that story to patients facing actual terminal illnesses and see if the comparison holds up or if the issue comes down to patterns around meals that stem from psychological habits.

The transmission point is fair, but they will still share needles and do risky acts while passing drugs. I bet if a nonprofit gets money for kits, most of it goes to their accounts before any syringe is bought. Not knocking empathy itself, it's a good human trait. People just don't see how these groups and some users actually operate because they've never spent real time around it.

Seriously? The pizza's outer part works exactly like the pushing mechanism inside a needle. That's how I force my sausage and pepperoni pie straight into me.

I found the joke about trading favors for food pretty funny, even if I could see myself doing something like that occasionally. But yeah, I mostly share the view that digging into health matters often reveals weight issues stemming from psychological factors such as disorders or past hurts, or from bodily chemistry problems. Those things respond to treatment, yet reducing everything to calling it a mere craving for eats removes folks' power to change and also stops those without much knowledge from fixing their health problems to stick around longer.

The law I mentioned only covered distribution by pharmacists and doctors plus legal possession without a prescription. I know extra spending on homelessness in California hasn't improved much. Some nonprofits do good work, others mainly enrich the people running them. Years ago I represented someone charged with handing out needles in an exchange program. The group wasn't formal, nobody made money, and they had no records. We used a CDC expert to argue necessity. He had published studies showing no clear link between exchanges and increased drug use.

This place reminds me of Alabama except it's all tropical. Back when I moved away ten years earlier, using cannabis just for fun broke the law. Nothing has shifted on that front. Still, medical cannabis has been legal starting in 2016.

I kinda like it that way in practice because they tax it heavily and it means no state income tax. Getting a card is easy too, you can tell a doctor you get nervous on airplanes and they give you weed. A bit against my usual let everything be legal view but locals seem fine with how it works now.

Taxes are even higher on recreational marijuana here in AZ than on medical, but they make money selling the medical cards. For recreational there are no real limits since you can just go back in for another ounce. I just use the gummies now and then.

I meant deviant sexual acts done for the drugs, but I get why you read it differently. I can be pretty grumpy sometimes. I don’t care what people pick or why as long as it doesn’t cost me anything.

A while back the state approved marijuana use. Back then it seemed fine since folks could be up to far worse stuff. These days I'd like to track down whoever made that happen and sock them right in the ovaries. Every time I enter a dining spot I'm stuck inhaling the stuff. All I manage is glaring hard while saying how awful it smells. There's not a lot of other options open to me. Part of me hopes it turns into a brawl one day so I can push them to swing first. I've witnessed the border crossings involving chopped-off heads stuck on poles and folks cooked in big metal containers. It would have been better if only the edible versions got approved so I wouldn't have to smell any of it.

Which organism triggers dependency issues?

No pathogen causes addiction. A disease isn’t limited to pathogens. You can have liver disease without Hepatitis.

Sure, yet this points to an impaired body part. Maybe the problem comes from inheritance or daily habits including alcohol use. Such habits can trigger illness without qualifying as illnesses themselves. Would using tobacco count as a sickness? Could personal attractions represent a medical issue? Does engaging in self-pleasure indicate a disorder? When someone opts to end another life, does that reflect pathology? Would weak financial standing mean an underlying condition exists?

I notice that anxiety about credit ratings frequently leads to having almost no borrowing power.

This reminds me of arguing that someone picked to stuff their face with excess. So if they end up passing from a stroke or heart problem tied to being overweight then the responsibility rests solely with them since they selected that path.

Yeah, that makes sense. Unless there's an uncommon glandular issue involved. Doctors can check for that easily enough. I sympathize with those individuals. People often see me as harsh in these discussions, yet I truly empathize with anyone numbing their emotions through food, alcohol, or substances. Such behavior stems from profound emotional pain that outsiders rarely grasp. I've wrapped myself in that familiar cloak of self-hatred before. It's easy to slide further down.

Great selection there, including 10 cc syringes by a common brand. Thanks.

I used to exercise quite a bit before beginning the medication. The reason I started it was that I simply could not limit how much food I consumed, no matter what I tried. In one sense that reflected insufficient willpower, since flawless control would have let me manage my weight on my own. Yet self-control is not usually an issue for me. My habits of thought, the setting I live in, and my physical makeup together made it very hard to cut back. Berating myself over that fact never produced lasting change. Some users insist the medication altered how their bodies burn energy even though they kept eating the same amounts. Controlled studies showed only tiny effects on metabolism, so those claims probably reflect wishful thinking. The weight came off because intake dropped. One of the newer versions does seem to raise energy use a little, but pointing out past overeating to people who believe their metabolism shifted would not achieve anything useful. I would only be talking about my own earlier behavior anyway. Using the medication does not feel like taking a shortcut. Instead it shows I possessed enough resolve and awareness to begin something that improved my well-being. I avoid labeling ordinary struggles as addictions unless professionals would use that term. I have none. A fondness for sweets and various other habits exist, yet nothing that would require meetings for substance issues. I can state honestly that alcohol and controlled substances are not problems for me. Plenty of other difficulties appear in daily life, but addiction is not among them. Labeling a condition as an illness is required before insurance will pay, since a request for help with normal health plus a desire to shed a few pounds gets rejected. The same pattern holds for sexual performance; what once counted as ordinary aging now receives a diagnosis so the appropriate prescription can be authorized.

Addiction seems rooted in how the brain works. Some substances trigger dopamine surges that last far longer than anything natural, and certain people carry genes that make them more likely to keep chasing those surges. Addiction to smoking counts as a condition that responds to substitutes or medications. Turning masturbation into a compulsion also fits the disease category. Most other habits don't qualify since they leave organ function untouched. Spotting a real problem has to come before any effort to change it. Your point doesn't come across as harsh, just reflects how society usually frames these issues, and schools rarely cover that angle. Politics and news outlets sometimes turn mental health struggles into tools, which only deepens the shame around them. Thanks for opening up about your experience while still showing understanding toward others facing similar challenges. Hearing about the pain that led to hating yourself is tough, yet it's good you're here working on feeling better.

Placing my order the other day left me a little underwhelmed with what they had to offer, though a handful of items absent from my prior visit struck me as oddly entertaining. The earlier stock might just have been above average.

Watch out this place has tons of folks who reject the idea of self determination haha