[robertpaulsen]

Similar approaches in Switzerland ... 22 percent of heroin addicts given free drugs stopped using them."

And the other 78% of them cost Switzerland $625,000 (US) per addict per year to provide them with free shooting galleries, free heroin, free medical, and free drug classes.

In the US, we have about 900,000 heroin addicts. So, if Jack Cole has his way, this will cost you and me about $500 BILLION per year, just for the heroin addicts.

As a comparison, the federal government spends about $20 billion per year now on the War on Drugs.

[xrp]

In the US, we have about 900,000 heroin addicts. So, if Jack Cole has his way, this will cost you and me about $500 BILLION per year, just for the heroin addicts.

Uhm...no one is saying that we'd federally subsidize heroin addicts. They would purchase their own and use it in their own private property, not in public. Public smoking needs to be outlawed, too.

[KDD]

Feds spend 20 billion.

The States spend more.

http://www.drugsense.org/wodclock.htm

[MrLeRoy]

And the other 78% of them cost Switzerland $625,000 (US) per addict per year to provide them with free shooting galleries, free heroin, free medical, and free drug classes.

I can't even fathom how they managed to spend that much. Disposable gold needles? And though I'm opposed on principle to such a program, I can't imagine we'd spend anywhere near that much.

[vin-one]

yeah, right, 625,000 per addict, I find these numbers to be suspect.

[dread78645]

Switzerland $625,000 (US) per addict per year to provide them ...

Care to source that number ?

The Dutch spend about $25 per day /addict --same as the UK. The proposed Australian plan was 12,000(AUD) per year, or about 22(USD) per day.

At $30/day that would be $10,950 per year /addict. A 9.9bil program if the government was to give it away for free.

As a comparison, the federal government spends about $20 billion per year now on the War on Drugs.

And the states ?