Swiss Voters Approve Legal Heroin Program

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Legalization of Heroin Program

The legalization of programs allowing the use of addictive drugs has been one of the most debated s to date . As such , the decision of the Swiss government to make a permanent program for the legal heroin usage further fueled the said issue . Just recently in the article entitled Swiss voters approve legal heroin program ' it was reported that the most comprehensive heroin program in the world , which is situated in Switzerland , has been finally

approved to become permanent According to the article , since the heroin program 's first inception in 1994 , 23 functional centers all over Switzerland offers the service of providing selected heroin addicts to receive carefully measured dose of heroin drug twice a day . The aim of the program was to help drug addicts to function in the society and to reduce crime perpetrated by drug addicts . However , it was also pointed out that many people and organizations criticize the pertained legalization because they claimed that such action from the Swiss government could further fuel the abuse of drug use and will not guarantee to heal addiction . Yet it was argued by supporters that after the heroin program was launched , large groups of drug users that were openly shooting up in the parks , and were the perpetrators of crime since 1980 's and 1990 's were reduced . Likewise other neighboring countries are also running smaller programs similar to the approach of the...