11.   The Dutch government is also scheduled to present a new drug policy in September expected to include the introduction of small-scale distribution of free heroin to long-term addicts.

12.   The Dutch experiments follow similar free heroin programs in Switzerland.

13.   The National Board of Health is urging the Dutch government to dole out free heroin to long-term addicts in a medical experiment, a Dutch newspaper reported Wednesday.

14.   The statement also calls for strict regulations on the distribution of free heroin.

15.   Waismann said methadone maintenance programs were defeatist and the provision of free heroin was short-sighted.