Maybe some clarificatio on that: While it's true that heroin is distributed to hardcore addicts (at cost and paid by health insurance) it is in no way readily d

Maybe some clarificatio on that: While it's true that heroin is distributed to hardcore addicts (at cost and paid by health insurance) it is in no way readily dispensed. The conditions to enter those programs are rather strict. Depending on age, attempts to kick the habit and other factors. That said. I'd say that the program is very successful for two main reasons: It massively raises the health of the addicts and lets them actually conduct a normal life despite being addicted. It also totally changed the image of the drug from something around hero mystique (as it had in the 80s and partially 90s) to a total loser drug. While there certainly still is a problem for a lot of addicts uptake has seriously declined.