This is post # 100 in this blog.
This article in the Sydney Morning Herald caught my eye.
Governments are very happy to shift the cost when it saves them a quid, but they can be a bit slower when there are unintentional consequences such as shown in this article.
I recall that I had enormous problems safely getting rid of my empty syringes of pharmaceutical EPO (which, by the way, is legally prescribed to patients with renal failure). No one in the health services wanted to assist me in taking responsibility for them.
Let me quickly add that I much preferred home dialysis anyway - much more comfy at home, and I had scope to do my 9-hour overnight sessions - but one did feel mildly imposed upon when such anomalies popped up.
