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Some heroin addicts are only helping

Monday, January 4th, 2010

There are 150 drug addicts in our country who can be helped by the administration of heroin. This shows a,,”feasibility study, by Dr. Jean REGGERS of the Liege University yesterday suggested at a scientific conference in Ghent on drug policy. The main question remains whether the proposal is politically feasible.
To provide heroin by doctors, it remains a tricky proposal. Yet it happens in the Netherlands, Switzerland and Spain. In one experiment Liege running since 1999 with the provision of heroin to drug addicts. (more…)

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The Effects of Heroin

Monday, December 21st, 2009

The effects of heroin are basically the same as morphine but more serious:

Immediate negative effects:

* nausea

* sneezing, coughing

* nosebleed

* fatigue

* lack of coordination

* loss of appetite

* decreased heart rate and breathing. (more…)

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