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You don't offer help to addicts, you force it. That's the Portugal model.
by zeroCalories 3y ago
You don't offer help to addicts, you force it. That's the Portugal model.
- defrost 3y agoThese seems contrary to first hand local account: I can bring a bit of context. I'm Portuguese, I know the history well. The intervention was centered in the SNS (our national health service), and soft touch. No mandatory treatments, no punitive approach. Fundamentally, we approached addicts. Safe consumption spaces, with free syringes, drug testing kits, and staffed with personnel who got to know the addicts personally. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39498028 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39498028