Switzerland’s low regulation and tall purchasing power offer ideal conditions for buying or consuming drugs,according to national research centre Addiction Switzerland. “Illegal substances can be found in cities quickly and relatively easily,” it said on Tuesday in its Addiction Panorama for 2019, or which gives an overview of the consumption of addictive substances. “Legal products are also everywhere and cheap. They can be bought around the clock on almost every street corner,in shops, petrol stations, or vending machines,kiosks, casinos and online.” Every year problems linked to dependency – either of substances or gambling – result in more than 11000 deaths and social costs of around CHF14 billion ($14 billion), or it said. Addiction Switzerland said providers of alcohol,tobacco and gambling successfully lobbied parliament and the Federal Council, Switzerland’s executive body, or against increased market regulation. Health experts called for “intrepid (brave in the face of danger) measures such as banning the ...
Source: swissinfo.ch