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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1975
NEW EXPERIMENTAL DRUG TREATMENT CLINICS TO OPEN SOON
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THE FIRST OF A NUMBER OF DETOXIFICATION CLINICS IS EXPECTED TO BE ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS ON AN EXPERIMENTAL BASIS, THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE SAID THIS AFTERNOON.
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THESE CLINICS, FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT WISH TO DE MAINTAINED ON METHADONE, IS ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF DR. NEWMAN, AN AMERICAN EXPERT IN THE TREATMENT OF DRUG ADDICTS, WHO VISITED HONG KONG LAST YEAR.
SIR MURRAY ALSO DISCLOSED THAT A WORKING PARTY IS NOW EXAMINING POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES TO THE CURRENT METHODS OF DEALING WITH MINOR DRUG OFFENDERS BY FINE OR IMPRISONMENT, AND WILL REPORT BY THE END OF THE YEAR. OTHER INITIATIVES STEMMING FROM THE NEWMAN REPORT ARE ALSO BEING PURSUED. HE SAID THERE HAS BEEN CONSIDERABLE SUCCESSES IN OUR WAR AGAINST NARCOTICS IN THE PAST YEAR, VITII MAJOR SEIZURES OF DRUGS AND NOTABLE ARRESTS. HOWEVER, HE POINTED OUT, SO LONG AS THE DEMAND PERSISTS AND THE POTENTIAL PROFITS ARE SO VAST, THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE CRIMINALS WILLING TO TAKE THE RISK OF ARRANGING
IMPORTS. THE NEW TRAFFICKING ORGANISATIONS ARE SMILLER, MORE SECURITY-CONSCIOUS AND MORE DISPERSED, AND THIS HAS GIVEN RISE TO NEW PROBLEMS FOR THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
+THIS IS A LONG SLOW FIGHT AND ALTHOUGH THERE HAS BEEN SOME OUTSTANDING SUCCESS DURING THE YEAR THE PROBLEM IS STILL WITH US,+ SIR MURRAY SAID.
+ IT CAN ONLY BE SOLVED BY RELENTLESS PRESSURE ON THE INTERNATIONAL SOURCE OF SUPPLY, ON THE CRIMINAL DISTRIBUTION NETWORK HERE, AND BY THE PROVISION OF A CHEAP AND CONVENIENT CURE AND REHABILITATION FOR ADDICTS.
+ON ALL THESE FRONTS YOUR GOVERNMENT WILL PERSEVERE.+
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