Mr. António Manuel Leitão da Silva:

I am probably not the best professional to comment on that but one thing is, if we put money in harm reduction, we are more likely to have people leave drug use than if we do not put money into these programmes. It is not just harm reduction, it is harm reduction plus other programmes that stop people from using drugs. If it works this way, there will be a lower number of drug users. If we just focus on harm reduction, there will definitely be a very good impact on public and individual health but we will not have the other parts.