"Initiative for Health", (European Drug Policy Initiative's Bulgarian partner), has published its advocacy video on the situation of drug users in Bulgarian prisons.<\/p>\n
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People practising illegal use of drugs often commit petty crime in order to obtain the money they need to get hold of the much-needed substance. In Bulgaria, imprisoned drug addicts amount to around 2000 individuals, or 20 percent of the entire number of prison inmates.<\/p>\n
Society fosters the expectation that prisons will do the job – they will punish and correct undesirable behaviour. But dependency on drugs is a disease that cannot be treated effectively by imprisonment. Can the vicious circle – drugs and crime – be broken, if these people get a chance to receive medical treatment instead of imprisonment? These are the issues and questions which Initiative for Health raises in its new advocacy video.<\/p>\n