To Give Or Not To Give Heroin To Addicts

Should heroin addicts who are hard to treat be given heroin? A head-to-head (debate) looks at this topic in this week’s issue of the British Medical Journal (BMJ).YesJurgen Rehm, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, and Benedikt Fischer, University of Victoria, British Columbia explain that maintenance treatment with heroin is appropriate for heroin addicts under specific circumstances.

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Filed under: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs on January 13th, 2008