Posted on 19/07/08
Drugs: another set of facts
Switzerland, Germany and Spain have years of experience with harm-reduction programs such as needle exchanges in prisons. Studies of these programs have been uniformly positive, reporting no negative consequences, a finding confirmed by the Public Health Agency of Canada when it reviewed the scientific literature and supported by the Canadian and Ontario Medical Associations. We would indeed do well to emulate this European approach.
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