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Switzerland: Drug addict haven
What percent of the citizens of Switzerland are doped out zombies hooked up by the govt? How many people flock to the mean streets of Zurich to score some of this junk?
I can't believe people will vote for this kind of legislation. These social parasites need to be sent to drug rehab and cleaned up for good instead of letting them continue with their addiction.
I believe that with good treatment, prayer, and dedicating your life to Christ, anyone can kick the junk and go clean.
Encouraging this kind of behavior can't lead to anything good. Next we will be hearing about the rise of thefts and homicides in Switzerland. Will you be surprised? What laws will the police decide to ignore, next?
I can't believe people will vote for this kind of legislation. These social parasites need to be sent to drug rehab and cleaned up for good instead of letting them continue with their addiction.
I believe that with good treatment, prayer, and dedicating your life to Christ, anyone can kick the junk and go clean.
Swiss vote on prescription heroin
By Imogen Foulkes
BBC News, Berne
Voters in Switzerland are going to the polls in a series of referendum votes to decide the country's policy on illegal drugs.
One ballot asks voters to vote on whether to approve heroin prescription as a permanent Swiss health policy. Opinion polls suggest voters are likely to approve the plan, which would make Switzerland the world's first country to include it in government policy.
Another proposal to decriminalise cannabis is not likely to pass. Switzerland has had an experimental heroin prescription programme for over a decade. Supporters say it has had positive results - getting long-term addicts out of Switzerland's once notorious needle parks and reducing drug-related crime.
Radical Swiss plan
Opponents say heroin prescription sends the wrong message to young people and harms the addicts themselves. Polls suggest the Swiss - pleased that their streets are now free of addicts and used syringes - are likely to approve heroin prescription.
On cannabis things are less clear - Swiss police regularly turn a blind eye to moderate cannabis use, but recent studies suggesting that long term use of the drug may be more harmful than previously thought look likely to encourage a "no" to decriminalization.
By Imogen Foulkes
BBC News, Berne
Voters in Switzerland are going to the polls in a series of referendum votes to decide the country's policy on illegal drugs.
One ballot asks voters to vote on whether to approve heroin prescription as a permanent Swiss health policy. Opinion polls suggest voters are likely to approve the plan, which would make Switzerland the world's first country to include it in government policy.
Another proposal to decriminalise cannabis is not likely to pass. Switzerland has had an experimental heroin prescription programme for over a decade. Supporters say it has had positive results - getting long-term addicts out of Switzerland's once notorious needle parks and reducing drug-related crime.
SWISS HEROIN PROGRAMME
Running since 1994
Used by 1,300 addicts
Includes 23 centres nationwide
Also offers psychiatric counseling
Running since 1994
Used by 1,300 addicts
Includes 23 centres nationwide
Also offers psychiatric counseling
Radical Swiss plan
Opponents say heroin prescription sends the wrong message to young people and harms the addicts themselves. Polls suggest the Swiss - pleased that their streets are now free of addicts and used syringes - are likely to approve heroin prescription.
On cannabis things are less clear - Swiss police regularly turn a blind eye to moderate cannabis use, but recent studies suggesting that long term use of the drug may be more harmful than previously thought look likely to encourage a "no" to decriminalization.
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