NEWS: The Age 14 Aug 01: Sweden warns over injecting rooms

Sweden warns over injecting rooms

By SELINA DAY
PERTH
Tuesday 14 August 2001
Australia should go for heroin injecting rooms only if it wanted to ensure addicts remained addicted, a Swedish expert said yesterday.
One hundred delegates, from addicts to academics, have gathered in Perth for a five-day drugs summit to formulate recommendations on areas from treatment to law enforcement.
Keynote speakers told of the Swiss and Swedish drug policies, saying heroin rooms were successful in Switzerland but would never be tolerated in Sweden, with its "restrictive" drug policy aimed at zero use.
Torgny Peterson, director of Sweden's Hassela Educational Foundation, cautioned against Australia testing injecting rooms and government-supplied heroin...
Full article at: http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/2001/08/14/FFXNHW25BQC.html

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Its funny how he's says don't do it but at the same time says that its working to reduce death and crime. For me personally, I'd rather have a (An otherwise) law abiding addict than a dead ex-criminal.

dude... everyone knows the swedish are all alcoholics... that's why they're so anti-otherdrugs... because they're a threat to the supremacy of absolut!...
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