Dr. Nuno Capaz:

I understand but if you bear in mind that we are talking about people who use drugs and not about the drugs themselves, each situation contains a dilemma. Everyone has different reasons, backgrounds and motivations to use a drug although the drug might be the same.

The reason that this change in policy worked for us was because we decided to change it from the criminal system to the healthcare system. Naturally, that means the criminal system focuses on the substance, the drug, and the healthcare system focuses on the person, not the substance, and therefore we are able to apply the law differently to everyone. It is the small supply or the user's supply. Every case is the case. There is not going to be a rule that will solve everyone's problem. Dealing with it as a healthcare issue allows us at least to assess the situation by itself and according to the person.