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Denmark’s ‘Fix Rooms’ Give Drug Users a Safe Haven – WSHU
Denmark’s ‘Fix Rooms’ Give Drug Users A Safe Haven – WSHU
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Denmark's 'Fix Rooms' Give Drug Users A Safe Haven
WSHU Drug addict Martin Jensen used to hide in elevators and stairwells when he smoked heroin. Now, he's on methadone — and uses a Copenhagen "drug consumption room," where medical personnel watch over people using illegal drugs. Enlarge image. |
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Denmark’s ‘Fix Rooms’ Give Drug Users a Safe Haven – NPR (Blog)
Denmark’s ‘Fix Rooms’ Give Drug Users A Safe Haven – NPR (blog)
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Denmark's 'Fix Rooms' Give Drug Users A Safe Haven
NPR (blog) It's not that he's quit — though he is taking methadone, which has helped him cut back. It's that now he has a place to come and take his drugs in peace. In June 2012, the Danish Parliament passed legislation making it possible for municipalities to … |
Letter: I’m worried about methadone clinic, you should be, too – Eagle-Tribune
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Letter: I'm worried about methadone clinic, you should be, too
Eagle-Tribune Most people know you give methadone to heroin addicts, but it's also a narcotic pain killer. So why would you give a narcotic to somebody who is already addicted to narcotics? It gets them off “street drugs” and puts them on a similar, but … |
Denmark’s ‘Fix Rooms’ Give Drug Users a Safe Haven – WLRN
Denmark’s ‘Fix Rooms’ Give Drug Users A Safe Haven – WLRN
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Denmark's 'Fix Rooms' Give Drug Users A Safe Haven
WLRN Drug addict Martin Jensen used to hide in elevators and stairwells when he smoked heroin. Now, he's on methadone — and uses a Copenhagen "drug consumption room," where medical personnel watch over people using illegal drugs. Enlarge image. |
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Denmark's 'Fix Rooms' Give Drug Users a Safe Haven
Denmark's 'Fix Rooms' Give Drug Users A Safe Haven
Martin Jensen smokes heroin. In the past, when this gaunt-faced Dane had to hide in elevators and stairwells to feed his addiction, he probably wouldn't have been so willing to advertise that fact. Back then, his days were spent scouring Copenhagen — mostly the notorious Vesterbro neighborhood — for places to smoke, out of sight of the police and children.
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Denmark's 'Fix Rooms' Give Drug Users a Safe Haven
Denmark's 'Fix Rooms' Give Drug Users A Safe Haven
Government-sponsored drug consumption rooms may be helping save the lives of drug users in Denmark. Addicts can use drugs safely and without being judged in the "fix rooms," which have medical staff on duty to treat overdoses.
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Prescription Drug Abuse Takes Center Stage at Summit
The Nevada attorney general says Nevada is one of the worst in the country when it comes to pharmaceutical drug abuse.
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Big Plans: The Ambitions of Our Vendors – Big Issue
Big plans: The ambitions of our vendors – Big Issue
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Big plans: The ambitions of our vendors
Big Issue At 20, Sam completed a two-week methadone detox and at 21 she cleared herself of hepatitis C, contracted through drug use. It was during her recuperation that she thought about trying a two-week course in radio production. “We ran something called … |
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