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| Dr. Olof Blix, one of six.
. Swedish : physicians who _
‘developed a court diversion .
treatment’ ‘program’. for..
heroin, addicts ~ in, that."
country, is impressed ‘with
-British“ Columbia’s “Heroin.
: Treatment Program.-He was:
in “Vancouver recently ‘as (B.- “p °~
‘part of a worldwide tour of :
various treatment programs.

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Swedish doctor.

. Dr: - Blix viewed out- .
patient clinics and the
residential treatment facility -
of the Alcohol and Drug -
Commission’s. program and
he talked extensively with .
the commission's Chairman;
_ Bert Hoskin, Commissioner. -
John-Russell and their staff.

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scope for individual choice, ~
gives it an excellent basis for
success,” he said. “I. believe —
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supervision provision is a
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“Experience has shown
that if people are just left to
fend for themselves at the
end of the intensive treat-
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back to their drugs. Com-
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the University of Uppsala
developed is based on court
diversion. The program will

go before the Swedish
parliament this summer and, .
if it is given assent, it will go

into operation September 1

of this year.

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there are an estimated 2,000
narcotics addicts, so the
problem is not as widespread
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treatment I think we must do
all we can to make these

people truly free.”

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