DIABETIC 'INFURIATED' BY FREE NEEDLE PROGRAM

I was reading the article: Health committee wants needle exchange
program to continue (Oct. 21, The Post) and I must say it absolutely
infuriates me.

You see I am an insulin-dependent diabetic who must have needles
everyday just so I can live.

Although I have searched everywhere, nowhere can I find a needle
exchange for diabetics.

I must buy them myself, which, along with all the other medication I
require, is quite costly. I will gladly exchange my old needles for
new ones free of charge.

Although I am not addicted and would gladly quit use of my legal
drugs, I can't. I must continue to live.

And just let me get this straight, not only am I buying my own
needles but also my tax dollars are purchasing these needles for the
drug users. Yeah!

What a great society it is that the concern is more to help these
drug users/addicts rather than whether or not a diabetic can afford
needles. How fair is it that illegal drug users get free needles
while I must continue to buy mine?

One last question. If the drug users can afford the drugs, why not
the needles? I didn't ask for this illness but these drug users knew
exactly what they were getting into.

So, I anxiously wait for the government to come up with a diabetic
needle exchange. I'm sure that quite a few taxpayers would agree that
this would be a better use of their tax dollars.

Shannon Gallagher , Burlington