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Very little. The Swiss discovered that they actually saved nearly enough money to cover the cost of the entire program by opening heroin clinics, as they dramat
by goatsi 10y ago
Very little. The Swiss discovered that they actually saved nearly enough money to cover the cost of the entire program by opening heroin clinics, as they dramatically reduced the amount of crime committed by heroin users (as they no longer needed to obtain large amounts of money to pay for their supply) [0]
>*Cost Issues: 48 dollars/day: Patient costs are covered by national health insurance agency. Patients pay 700 dollars/year for the compulsory insurance. Note: The Swiss save about 38 dollars per day per patient mostly in lowered costs for court and police time, due to less crime committed by the patients.
[0] http://www.citizensopposingprohibition.org/resources/swiss-heroin-assisted-treatment-1994-2009-summary/ http://www.citizensopposingprohibition.org/resources/swiss-h...