Although supporters of the initiative consider this model to be a forward-looking solution, it actually raises serious concerns. While domestic legislation prohibits the possession and use of drugs following the principle of zero tolerance, drug testing rooms create an apparently safe environment for illegal activity.
The capital city government would establish drug testing rooms throughout Budapest according to the capital's drug strategy. The left-liberal city administration does all this despite the fact that the creation of such "safe spaces" has had negative effects in many large cities in the Western world, Magyar Nemzet wrote .
The capital's drug strategy is based on harm reduction, which allows drug users to continue using drugs in a sterile and safe environment, without aiming for complete drug-freeness. In practice, this means drug injection sites. According to research and the opinion of experts, although the health risks associated with drug consumption can be reduced by creating needle exchange programs and rooms for drug users, they perpetuate the problem of addiction in the long term. According to the Addiction Department of the Health Professional College, the capital city's current drug strategy is not suitable for curbing the spread of drug consumption and distribution.
As Magyar Nemzet previously reported, drug testing rooms have appeared in several major European cities in recent years.
consider this model to be a forward-looking solution , it actually raises serious concerns. The main question is whether these facilities really serve to solve the problems, or rather they further aggravate drug addiction and related social problems.
The message of such facilities is not clear: while domestic legislation prohibits the possession and use of drugs following the principle of zero tolerance, drug testing rooms apparently create a safe environment for illegal activity.
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