It allows users to avoid criminal penalties if they seek help from police or the health-care system on their own initiative.

ECONOMIST: Rehabilitating drug users

Burglars who broke into a decontamination caravan in Eastleigh are being urged by police to seek medical help after they were exposed to potentially lethal asbestos.

BBC: Hampshire & Isle of Wight

If the bombers were identified to be foreign nationals, then the Met would seek help and co-operation from Interpol and police in the countries concerned, she said.

BBC: Will the bombers be caught?