This article from the Vancouver Sun, published on 8 June 2006 (http://www.canada.com/vancouversun...bdfa39) shows that liberal approaches to currently illegal drugs lead to harm reduction amongst users. In this case Vancouver's safe injection sites have led to more users seeking detox.
Monday, June 12, 2006
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The recent article in the Lancet vol. 367, pp1830-4 (2006) by Carlos Nordt and Rudolf Stabler describes the Swiss policy for treating Heroin addiction. This is well worth reading. The Swiss approach has resulted in a steady decline in Heroin use. There are still heroin addicts in Switzerland but the average age is increasing year by year. New users are far fewer than a decade ago. Users in treatment are much healthier than was the case before the Swiss adopted their harm reduction approach:
1) I have transcribed it to HTML here: The Lancet v367, pp1830-4 (2006)
2) The PDF, as available from the Lancet is here: The Lancet v367, pp1830-4 (2006)
3) I discovered another PDF version which looks like a pre-release (B/W diagrams): The Lancet v367, pp1830-4 (2006)
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