September 6, 2012
English Translation
International experts support Mayor Gustavo Petro’s proposal on “controlled consumption centers”. They recommend working together with health and police authorities.
With two experts on controlled consumption centers for drug addicts and a Uruguayan member of parliament who has lead a bill in his country that would permit the cultivation and consumption of marijuana, Mayor Gustavo Petro seeks to keep the debate alive on the controversial initiative to establish Medical Attention Centers for Drug Addicts (CAMAD) in Bogota.
Donald McPherson, founder of consumption center programs in Vancouver (Canada) where addicts receive drugs and substitution substances as part of their rehabilitation process; Laura Thomas, expert in similar programs to reduce HIV and Hepatitis among heroin addicts in California (United States); and Uruguayan representative Sebastian Sabini, member of the Broad Front lead by President Pepe Mujica, participated in a talk in the Huitaca auditorium in the City Hall to share their experiences with the mayor and Bogota citizens interested in alternative policies to reduce the harms of drug consumption.centers.
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