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Sep 1997
A feature on the novel Swiss plan to help
drug addicts recover.
Evelyn is a heroin addict. Since the age of
18 she's been caught in a downward spiral of
unemployment, crime and prostitution. She's
also one of a thousand users attending a
clinic several times a day for a cheap, legal
hit of heroin. Watching Evelyn 'shoot up' in
the clean, controlled environment of the
clinic is far removed from the squalid scenes
of addiction in a Zurich park. She's even
able to work as a waitress. But not all Swiss
are impressed by the heroin trial. The
referendum to halt it came from right-wing
religious groups who label their government a
drug pusher. Boris Piske once fed his drug
habit as a male prostitute. Now married with
two children, it was God and abstinence in a
religious community which helped him quit.
Meanwhile, on a drug bust in a downtown flat
with the Zurich, Switzerland drug squad it's
clear illegal drugs are still in plentiful
supply. Police say driving addicts
underground will merely worsen the problem.
So far the Swiss trial has shown that the
heroin clinic does work. Ninety addicts have
already withdrawn. The government is
considering extending the trial.
Tags : Switzerland Drugs addiction treatment heroin Europe Clinic legalize Journeyman Pictures |
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Durée : 1100 s |
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