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In European countries doing this the biggest opponents are families of addicts. This is basically a death sentence. It's society finally turning its back on the
by alecco 6y ago
In European countries doing this the biggest opponents are families of addicts. This is basically a death sentence. It's society finally turning its back on them. I believe it's the right approach in the long run, but in the short run you get emotional appeals and weak politicians.
- apexalpha 6y agoCould you point me to some reading material on this? Because we have these schemes in the Netherlands. Opiod addicts can get their fix from municipality health centres, alcoholic homeless people can clean up parks in exchange for beer, it seems to work very well. If you take away 'the game' of acquiring your next fix and give people structure it seems to set them up better to drop the dependancy all together.
- DanBC 6y agoIt doesn't have to be society turning its back, because you can provide other health care (mental health, skin integrity, sexual health, etc) to people in those settings, alongside social work.
- 1024core 6y agoI disagree. Letting addicts lie on the street and sell their bodies for their next fix is the real death sentence. Once you have addicts in this system, you can manage them and work with them to get them out of their addiction. 50 years of a punitive policy have shown that punishment does. not. work.