“By helping users, we fight against traffic”, it is the bet of Laurent Dumaine the prosecutor of Avesnes on Helpe which launches the course of accompaniment.
The idea is therefore to tackle the demand for narcotics to limit the supply by supporting consumers “people very anchored in consumption”, mostly heroin addicts between 40 and 50 years old in the district.
An “intense” support for 6 months
Ucomprehensive care in partnership with state services, the hospital, the CSAPA, Center for Care and Support and Prevention in Addictology, the Maubeuge Val de Sambre agglomeration, training organizations and employment, social landlords.
On leaving police custody, the person can decide to integrate this device and therefore avoid criminal sanctions, or even prison. She agrees to a follow-up at the CSAPA after a medical and health check-up at the hospital.
After a social investigation, he will be accompanied by Christine Tarakanov, member of AJAR, the association for reception, justice and reintegration. for 6 months at a rate of 2 appointments per week with regular check-ups
it’s intense, it allows you to support the person, it allows you to somehow impose on him in his environment something other than what he usually has. We don’t want to leave him in his ordinary environment, which probably also contributes to his anchoring in delinquency.
People who also build their career with professionals
A similar device has already been tested, in particular in Valenciennes, and the results are positive, even if people do not necessarily stop narcotics, they can reduce their consumption and or find housing, or solve social problems thanks to this device which forces professionals to take another look
The person has a drug addiction problem, but we take charge of all of their difficulties, we don’t stigmatize them, we change their outlook from the start to really achieve something positive in which they are co-actors, it’s why it works, Christine Tarakanov
A report on this experiment will be produced in 6 months.