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Harm reduction in the Netherlands (feddit.dk)
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[–] 3 points 10 hours ago (4 children)

This feels like one of those things that gets spread around americentric forums but either don't actually exist or is being extremely misrepresented.

I had a hard time finding recent articles, but the articles I did find all agree Heroin Assisted Treatment, HAT, was good for the addict and the community. It was more effective and cheaper than the alternatives. That said, of the ones I found, they sampled only treatment resistant patients. Meaning conventional means such as rehab & therapy had already been attempted and they failed. So it's like a last-straw form of treatment.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 hours ago (1 child)

    This article (likely the one you found) is only about a year old. You're absolutely right though. The HAT treatment is only available to addicts who do not respond to other treatments. This tracks with everything I've ever heard about the program. People post about free heroin for addicts, but it is not that simple at all.

    The only other thing I've heard, that I didn't see in this article, is that the dosage provided is typically not enough to get high, but enough to resolve the withdrawal symptoms. Maybe I'm wrong about that, though.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 hours ago

    I imagine they scale it for the addicts tolerance? I know for alcohol addicts they will prescribe beer and other alcohols but the dosage is correlated with the amount you were consuming before starting treatment. It's basically just a schedule that is backed by medical research for safe rates to get clean.

    I think giving them enough to get high just wouldn't really count as treatment, so I agree it is likely the case that they cut the dose way below what the addict would ""Want""

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