1. Children in the projects have been given heroin free, with the addiction almost instantaneous, so new young customers are created on the spot. 2. She supports not only providing free heroin to hard-core addicts, but clinics where they can safely inject. 3. Similarly, a proposal to supply free heroin to hard-core addicts who fail treatment was dropped before the legislation reached the Judiciary Committee. 4. When this city awoke to its first heroin epidemic just after World War I, the city Health Department lured addicts into treatment with the promise of free heroin. 5. After months of wrangling, Dutch lawmakers have approved a plan to supply long-term addicts with free heroin, officials said Thursday. 6. Authorities have been debating for years on how to conduct the free heroin experiment. 7. Critics expressed concerns that free heroin provided by the state would hook new addicts. 8. Dutch Health Minister Els Borst Wednesday backed plans to supply long-term addicts with free heroin as part of a state-funded experiment. 9. In the new drugs policy, both ministries are also expected to introduce small-scale distribution of free heroin to addicts. 10. The Dutch government asked parliament Wednesday to endorse its decision to deliver free heroin to addicts who have no hope of kicking the habit. |