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De Hoop Foundation has thirty years of expertise in the area of addiction and addiction care. As from its foundation in 1975, De Hoop has characterized itself as an institution with a clear Christian identity. Therefore, De Hoop often is asked to give its opinion about several subjects in the area of addiction and addiction care.

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...addiction?
De Hoop's view on the addict results from its Christian view on mankind.
...compulsory detoxification?
De Hoop feels that compulsory detoxification could be a good solution for part of its target group (criminal addicts).
...detoxification under the anaesthetic?
In principle, De Hoop supports detoxification under anaesthetic because it can provide hope to the so-called hopeless cases.
...heroin prescription?
De Hoop has a sceptical attitude towards heroin prescription and is fundamentally against consciously maintaining addiction.
...medical marihuana?
De Hoop deems it possible that parts of cannabis will become available in non-smokable form for medicinal purposes.
...methadone prescription?
De Hoop is fundamentally against the prescription of methadone on the basis of maintenance.
...the Dutch soft drug policy?
De Hoop considers tolerating soft drugs to be a wrong signal because soft drugs are harmful.
...the legalisation of drugs?
De Hoop considers legalisation to have undesirable consequences.
De Hoop's view on care
Here, you can find De Hoop's view on care (available in Word-format and PDF-format).