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Harm reduction in the Netherlands (feddit.dk)

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[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 75 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Well of course, the Dutch are clever.

Handing out Methadone and in the harder cases even Heroin, with clean needles in protected spaces, is what finally properly solved the extensive drug issues in the 90s here in Zürich too. The repression approach they tried first just moved the scene from Platzspitz (known in English as "Needle Park" I believe) to Letten. Harm reduction approaches were the true solution.

Same thing in Portugal since 2001 by the way.

[–] TBi@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I was just about to mention Portugal. When you give people help and a safe option to quit then many do quit.

[–] plyth@feddit.org 12 points 1 day ago

The British have had a system of heroin maintenance since the 1920s. For decades it supplied a few hundred addicts nationwide, most of whom were doctors themselves. It was de-emphasized considerably during the 1960s-1980s as a result of the U.S.-led war on drugs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroin-assisted_treatment