Art Caplan, PhD, discusses overdose prevention centers, which may be a successful tool in the war on drugs.
Hi. I'm Art Caplan. I'm the director of the Division of Medical Ethics at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine in New York City.
Some people note that there are over 100 centers like this worldwide. They're in Canada, Switzerland, and many other countries, and they seem to work."Working" means more people seem to come off drugs slowly — not huge numbers, but some — than if you don't do something like this, and death rates from overdose go way down.
There are also some negatives. People say it shouldn't be the job of the state to keep people addicted. It's just not the right role. Everything should be aimed at getting people off drugs, maybe including criminal penalties if that's what it takes to get them to stop using.
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