Charity offers UK drug addicts £200 to be sterilised

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10 pointssoyelmango5 comments

Am I missing something or is it impossible for a male addict to "pass on the dependency to the unborn child, leading to organ and brain damage."?

It's highly likely that there is a genetic component to addiction.

This sounds like eugenics -- and the Wikipedia entry on the charity [0] is also somewhat disturbing. However, is this really any different from handing out free condoms?

I'm not sure.

[0] https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Project_Preve...

The genetic component doesn't make you stick a needle in your arm in the first place - so it is irrelevant.

mightnt be such a bad idea with the world over populated and such...

The aim appears to be more about stopping children being born with defects caused by the parents' drug use, and stopping children being born to unsuitable parents.

Tackling world overpopulation will be achieved by far more controversial methods than birth control of a minority group...

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