[On Madeleine Christine Pitkin, an Oregon woman and heroin addict who died in jail after being refused medical attention for severe heroin withdrawal:]

Suicide. She chose to die when she chose to be a heroin user. She knew the consequences and chose to accept them. Transient highs were more important to her. Her passing is sad but far less so than the millions who die unwillingly. She would have been more miserable if she had lived. That's just how things go for some people. Too bad.