Time to think about supplying heroin on NHS, says drugs tsar

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http://news.scotsman.com/health.cfm?id=345042006

Dumb move if this one gets the green light

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Dunno, if it's with a view to help a user to remove themselves from the life associated with visiting dodgey dealers and taking cut drugs, providing them with a free, registerable, clean and monitored source with the intent of safely weaning them from their dependency if that can be done, then I say yay.

"Not everyone can or will come off drugs no matter what we do.

"If, however you want to prescribe drugs to reduce the harm from using street drugs, to help people stabilise their lives, and cause less acquisitive crime, then prescribing heroin should be one tool in the armoury of the state."

A spokesman for charity Turning Point Scotland added: "We would welcome any discussion about the various types of treatment. We would be in favour of any treatment that would assist addicts to move on with their lives."

Seems like a fairly pragmatic view to me.