A Visit to a Drug Consumption Van in Berlin
Fixpunkt e.V. is on the frontline of helping those marginalised people who use drugs on the streets of Berlin. We visited their drug consumption van project. It consists of two buses. One is the supervised consumption room itself, both for cocaine and heroin injectors. People can consume their substances in a hygienic environment, with sterile equipment - but unfortunately they cannot smoke crack yet. The other bus has room for consultations, where people can find psycho-social support, as well as HIV and hepatitis testing and counselling. They can access snacks and tea, and can find temporary refuge from a stressful, hostile street life, whilst being treated as a human being.
The main aim of the service, beyond reducing street nuisance and littering, is to reduce overdose deaths and infections. To support people in accessing other health and social services. That is, to save lives.
More information:
Drugreporter
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Fixpunkt e.V.
https://www.fixpunkt.org/
Reporter: Péter Sárosi
Video: István Gábor Takács
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