Public health care policies for drug addicts in Amsterdam.
Recognizing that drug addiction is a chronic health problem for which, in the majority of cases, no curative, effective treatment exists, Amsterdam developed a coherent system of public health measures. Data on the course of the local drug epidemic, including medical complications such as AIDS, tuberculosis and mortality, are presented.
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