Labor can say no to alcohol, even heroin – Romsdals Budstikke

The proposals are central to setting “A health policy for our time” that Aps health committees have submitted in advance of the party congress, which begins Thursday.

Several proposals will likely trigger fierce debate among congress participants. A number of local chapters have already indicated strong opposition to the proposal to discontinue the scheme with free alcohol at Norwegian airports.

– Duty Trade is an arrangement that has existed for a long time and used by many of its citizens, believes Tromso Labor, who fear that a reduction of duty-free scheme can lead to more smuggling.

Sauda Labor believes that the party risks emerge as a guardian party.

– You have not people with them, says local team.

Helseutvalget also proposes to introduce a new guideline for alcohol to ensure that the price of beer, wine and spirits rise at least as much as the annual price and wage index.

Heroin

After prolonged resistance in the party said Labor last year agreed to research on heroin-assisted treatment of heavy drug addicts. Now the party going even longer.

In the setting goes Helseutvalget namely to providing free heroin and refers to a small group does not have the benefit of assistance provided through the system of physician-assisted treatment (MAT).

– This is a very vulnerable group. They have high mortality, major health problems and are often ostracized and marginalized in society, according to the setting.

Helseutvalget also believes that there must be a medical assessment basis for the type of help intoxicants holders will receive, not one politically.

Oslo Labor has already gone into that addicts get heroin of health care.

Some members of the committee, however, has taken dissent from the proposal, while several local chapters are opposed.

Family for school meals

Helseutvalget also goes in SV footsteps and proposes free school meals for all children, as part of efforts to strengthen public health. The scheme will cost 3.6 billion and may be financed through cuts in child benefit, says the committee.

But there are many local chapters strongly opposed.

– It is unacceptable to fund such a reform with a cut that beset the least hardest, says South Trondelag Labor.

Neither local teams in Stavanger and Brussels will use the child benefit to fund school meals.

– There is no good idea and hardly wise, says they.

Bergen Labor believes the party instead must discuss about child benefit should be retained as a welfare or whether it should be removed to fund free nursery and after school.

– This is a debate Labor must initiate and lead the mean Bergen Labor, which is one of the party’s local branch.