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“Junkies say no to free heroin,” reports Politiken. For 10 months now, explains the Danish daily, the nation’s drug addicts have been allowed to pick up free hits of heroin on prescription at healthcare centres. Even if the dope is pure and they run no risk of being prosecuted for shooting up, only 80 users have accepted the offer, which also involves detox treatment, though the centres have a total capacity of 300. “The treatment is constrictive, closely supervised and controlled,” points out the surgeon general in the Danish capital. Addicts are required to come to the centre once or twice a day, and each dose is administered under medical supervision. “If the junkies say no to state-paid heroin, the state has obviously got to revise the programme” – and listen more closely to the addicts, adds Politiken.
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