Not sure if the one in Vancouver is successful, only found this: http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060103/heroinstudy_20060103/20060103?hub=Health
The one in Germany seems to work. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/5043766.stm But keep in mind that's end of the road. It does nothing for the recreational users and what about drug use in clubs and bars? Ecstasy, cocaine and crystal meth are mostly used when partying, those drugs won't go away and the dangers and crime remain. The program only helps those that are ready for help and it takes a lot for someone to realize they've hit bottom. Saying illegality hasn't and won't work is not a fair statement. You might as well say making murder illegal doesn't work either. On 6/21/06, Gruss Gott wrote: > > Here are the assumptions: > > 1.) People are going to use until they decide they don't want to, legal or no. > 2.) When they decide they don't want to they need a quick aggressive > program to help them recover. > > So you solve 80% of the hard use problems by building free clinics and > providing free drugs. This eliminates that demand from illegal drug > dealers and thus removes the profit incentive. > > Look at it like obesity. Food is regulated by the federal government > and a health issue. When people lack the funds for food, they can > apply for government help to get the food. > > Controlled substances would work the same way. Let's say a yuppie > wanted to use. He'd go to his local clinic, apply for his drug of > choice, pay for it, and use it. If he couldn't pay he could apply for > assistance which would provide him the drug for free. > > There's some experiment in Canada (that I previously posted) where > they did this with Heroin addicts to great success. The addicts would > come in, use, and leave the next day. Most were able to clean up their > lives and return to work and many got treatment. Some mitigated their > use, but decided to continue with a low level of use while others were > able to quit. > > It's complicated. Maybe there're better ideas than what I propose. > But for sure, illegality hasn't and won't work. So it's time to try > something different or continue to suffer from our own stubborn > ignorance. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:209913 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
