Drug users should be able to get heroin from the health system
Politicians may not like it, but evidence shows that giving heroin to some users reduces harm
BMJ (UK)
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
No fewer than six randomised controlled trials – in Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Canada, and England – concluded that heroin assisted treatment is more effective than conventional treatments in a subgroup of heroin users. The most recent Cochrane Collaboration review concurred, stating, "Available evidence suggests an added value of heroin prescribed alongside flexible doses of methadone for long term, treatment refractory, opioid users, to reach a decrease in the use of illicit substances, involvement in criminal activity and incarceration, a possible reduction in mortality, and an increase in retention in treatment."
tags:
heroína | alemania | reino unido | canadá | españa | holanda | suiza | tratamiento asistido con heroína
