Fight against Bremen crack scene: new strategy for drug help!

Fight against Bremen crack scene: new strategy for drug help!

Neustadt, Deutschland - In Bremen, the drug scene is an pressing problem that continues to raise challenges. The increasing presence of Crack and other drugs in the city is particularly concerned. Health Senator Claudia Bernhard von der Linken is responsible for social crises and demands that suitable aid measures to be expanded. The current health department report shows that Bremen provided around 4.8 million euros for drug help in 2024 to counter the challenges. It is all the more important to create stable support offers that are becoming increasingly pressing, since a growing number of people with advanced dependency diseases are expected. As reports Buten un inland, Bremen is not only confronted with drug help, but also with the repression against the drug problem.

In addition, the security service actively ensures more security in the affected districts. In addition to the main train station, the Neustadt and Gröpelingen hotspots for drug use are in particular, which makes the city build further structures for addiction aid. An important step is to shift public consumption to addiction support offers to increase safety and hygiene in public spaces.

integrated drug aid strategy

Another step in the right direction is the integrated drug aid strategy decided by the Bremen Senate on December 12, 2023, which comprises a total of around 10 million euros for 2024 and 2025. This strategy is based on four pillars: prevention, repression, damage minimization and advice as well as therapy. This is intended to react to the high availability of cocaine and the growing crack scene, as reports the [Senate press office] (https://www.senatspressestelle.bremen.de/pressemitteilungen/bremer-senat-s-schliessest-eckpunkt-der-integrated-drug-strategy 436957).

• prevention through social approaches
• regulation and repression of drug trade
• Minimization of damage and survival for dependent
• Advice and therapy for those affected

Another aspect is the improvement of the hygienic conditions in public space. The environmental company Bremen and Bremen city cleaning report on an increase in garbage, especially through used syringes. An increase in the cleaning intervals is being planned. The Action Plan Hauptbahnhof aims to secure cleanliness in the area, including increased wet cleaning.

The way to the future

The auxiliary measures will continue in the coming years. Road work and psychosocial accompaniment should take place in particular in the districts of Gröpelingen, Vegesack, Mitte and Neustadt. Native language street work is also offered to better reach those affected. The aim is to offer people in Bremen a perspective and to tackle the drug problem where it occurs.

It remains to be seen how the Situation in Bremen will develop. With its integrated drug aid strategy, the city has taken an important step in the right direction, the implementation and effect of which must now be observed closely in order to be able to meet the challenges.