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news.yahoo.com - 11/28/2008
Swiss likely to approve prescription heroin (AP)
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AP - Dr. Daniele Zullino keeps glass bottles full of white powder in a safe in a locked room of his office.
BBC NEWS | Europe | Swiss approve prescription heroin
news.bbc.co.uk - 11/30/2008
BBC NEWS | Europe | Swiss approve prescription heroin
— news.bbc.co.uk — Swiss voters have backed a change in health policy that would provide prescription heroin to addicts. Final... results from the national referendum showed 68% of voters supported the plan. The scheme, where addicts inject the drug under medical ... (more) BBC NEWS | Europe | Swiss approve prescription heroin

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Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... government-approved laboratory. The program has been criticized by the United States and the U.N. narcotics board, which said it would fuel drug abuse. But governments as far away as Australia are beginning or considering their own programs modeled on the system, which is credited with reducing crime and improving the health and daily lives of addicts. Swiss voters are expected to make the system permanent Sunday in a referendum prompted by a challenge from conservatives. Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081128/ap_on_re_eu/eu_swit...

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