I could not believe my eyes when I read this story. I used this exact scenario once as a hypothetical against the “abortion is so much better when it’s ‘safe and legal'” argument. I never dreamed that it would actually happen one day:

GENEVA (AP) – Dr. Daniele Zullino keeps glass bottles full of white powder in a safe in a locked room of his office.

Patients show up each day to receive their treatment in small doses handed through a small window.

Then they gather around a table to shoot up, part of a pioneering Swiss program to curb drug abuse by providing addicts a clean, safe place to take heroin produced by a government-approved laboratory…

Swiss voters are expected to make the system permanent Sunday in a referendum prompted by a challenge from conservatives.

h/t Wesley Smith

According to the story this program has been credited with “reducing crime and improving the health and daily lives of addicts.” Meanwhile, they’re still addicted to heroin! Brilliant.