Comprehensive Systems of Care for Drug Users in Switzerland and Frankfurt, Germany

A report from the 10th International Conference on the Reduction of Drug Related Harm and a tour of Harm Reduction Services in Frankfurt, Germany

Prepared by Donald MacPherson
Social Planning Department
City of Vancouver
June, 1999

Report Contents

• Introduction
• The Swiss Experience
• Thresholds of Service and Social Integration
• Entre Act - Day Centre for Drug Users
• Heroin Prescription Program
• The Frankfurt Experience
• Introduction of Low Threshold Methadone
• Closure of the Open Drug Scene
• The Establishment of Safe Injection Sites
• Heroin Prescription Program
• Impact of the Frankfurt Program
• La Strada and Konsumraum - examples of Safe Injection Sites
• The Eastside
• Discussion
• Implications for Vancouver
• References

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