[3838]

part of how that was tackled in holland was that if an addict was arrested they were offered a choice between being charged or going into treatment - and they may have also been banned from the junkie area (normally people are arrested if they violate this kind of ban)

[mrborgen]

That sounds like a very good practice. Much better than here. However, there aren't enough political will to do something like that here.. The bars for getting into treatment, especially with "replacement drugs" are way to high.