Frankfurt plans a search center for crack addicts in the station district!

Frankfurt plans a search center for crack addicts in the station district!

The city of Frankfurt is planning to found an addiction aid center for crack addicts in the station district, a project that has been considered for several years. The Frankfurt social department has been looking for suitable premises for two years and has now found a promising building at Niddastraße 76, which is in the immediate vicinity of a hotspot of the crack scene. Social and Health Director Elke Voitl (Greens) has announced that it would rent this building on behalf of the city. Tagesschau reports that the planned center of overnight stays, resting offers and consumer rooms will comprise.

The concept of the center is based on a successful model from Zurich, where an open drug scene could be largely pushed back. In Zurich, the trade is tolerated with small quantities of illegal drugs, while such a procedure is excluded in Frankfurt. The exact financing and the question of whether it will be a rent or a purchase of the building is still unclear. It is now up to the city government to agree to rent or buy the object. The facility is in the context of the "Frankfurter Weg", which started with the introduction of consumption rooms for heroin-dependent. Problem of crack consumption.

problematic crack consumption in the station district

crack has been consumed in Frankfurt for more than 25 years and has increasingly gained dominance in recent years. A qualitative study presented by Bernd Werse, a co-founder of the Center for Drug Research at the Goethe University in Frankfurt, shows that the presence in the Bahnhofsviertel acts as a significant trigger for crack consumption. The study, which was carried out in 30 interviews between July and September 2017, also provides approaches to help, such as a legal access to cannabis. Rundschau are relevant.

The consumption patterns are variable. A distinction is made between multi -day consumer episodes, so -called "binges", and regular consumption with self -imposed rules. Interestingly, consumers report that cracking has comparable effects such as coffee for them, whereby prostitutes in particular also use cracks to relieve pain during sex. The location of the station district seems to be a decisive factor, since the presence there is often referred to as a trigger for consumption; Default is easier elsewhere.

criticism and social challenges

The planned measures of the city government are not without challenges. A clear criticism comes from the Frankfurt CDU, which demands that dependent access to consumption rooms should only be given in Frankfurt. The CDU-led state government also presented a 7-point plan for the Bahnhofsviertel, which provides for the relocation of support offers into other parts of the city.

The area of drug help remains a tension -charged topic in Frankfurt, which comes to the fore social challenges and various approaches to combat the drug problem. The further development of addiction advice could be crucial for many affected people. The city is now faced with the important task of finding suitable measures in order to process the drug-use and the associated social problems.