Source: Survey of German Language Press Pubdate: 3 Feb 99 Courtesy: Harald Lerch Translator: Pat Dolan Note: Keven Zeese suggested we carry the excellent summaries of news items posted to the MAP type news list for Germany created by Harald Lerch. MAP editor and prolific letter writer Pat Dolan follows the list and provides the summaries. Reader comments are invited. SURVEY OF GERMAN LANGUAGE PRESS 3 FEB 99 The Stuttgarter Zeitung (http://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de) is one of a number of newspapers which give reports on the reluctant softening of the CDU attitude: they will no longer set their faces against state controlled heroin injection rooms, provided they are run under ‘very tight supervision’. ………… In the Rheinische Post (http://www.rp-online.de), Goekcen Stenzel reports on the projected Duesseldorf injection rooms. These will be set up in the neighborhood of an emergency medical center where specialized help will be available. At a cost of 1.6 million Marks, a team of 7 psychiatric nursing aids, 6 social workers and one administrative assistant will be on-call. Under no circumstances will the injection of street heroin of uncertain strength and purity be allowed. The direction will follow closely the model of the methadone clinics with medical supervision capable of responding to any emergency. …………. The Pforzheimer Zeitung (http://www.pz-news.de) and several others report Justice Minister Ulrich Goll’s remarks after a visit to the Heimsheim prison. Though he sees the battle against drugs in prison as having some success: "A drug-free prison is impossible of attainment," he said. ………….. The Berliner Kurier (http://www.berlinonline.de) reports the curious case of Jen S. who received five and a half years for selling arms and heroin to a police agent. The heroin came to him from the North Korean vice-consul. Whilst being groomed by the German secret police for his role as agent, however, the Berlin city police had him arrested and put in gaol. - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake