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Originally Posted by AmeliaG
Holland has medicinal heroin in their healthcare system?
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Yes, but only when nothing else helps. Therefor there are now old junkies, they used to die young.
"Heroin was officially registered as a medicine in January 2007. This involves prescribing and dispensing heroin on medical grounds to heroin addicts for whom existing treatments are not achieving sufficient results.
In 1996 the Central Commission for the Treatment of Heroin Addicts (CCBH) was established by the Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport. The aim of the committee was to investigate whether the social and medical functioning of addicts improves by the provision of heroin under supervision. Good results have been achieved with prescription heroin in Amsterdam. "