IGNORING SUCCESS OF HEROIN TRIAL IN GERMANY:

in what is described as an impending "return to the stone age of drug politics," federal political leaders in Germany are remaining adamant in their refusal to permit routine availability of heroin for the very hard-core individuals who have not been helped by "traditional" treatments.The article concludes: "There are no medical or ethical grounds for arguing against the availability of heroin treatment." The full story (in German): http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0.1518.465917.00.html (Thanks to colleague Hans-Guenter Meyer-Thompson for bringing this to our attention)