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Prescription of heroin
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Heroin prescription should be available wherever appropriate, as part of the regular armoury of treatment options.
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Drugs Policy in the UK »
Drugs Policy in the UK
Drugs Policy in the UKâExploring and building on the RSA Commission on Illegal Drugs, Communities and Public Policys review of UK policy on the use and abuse of illegal drugs.âF1CEB7
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What drugs policy measures are open to the UK? »
What drugs policy measures are open to the UK?
What drugs policy measures are open to the UK?âWhat drugs policy measures are open to the UK government?âFFB597
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Emphasize health and social dimensions »
Emphasize health and social dimensions
Emphasize health and social dimensionsâRather than being led by the demands of the criminal justice system, drugs policy should be reconceived as primarily a health and social issue, with better integration into the health and social policy frameworks.â59C6EF
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Make drug treatment more intelligent »
Make drug treatment more intelligent
Make drug treatment more intelligentâDrugs treatment should be located within a public health framework that emphasizes both clinical treatment and the wider support services that enable people to overcome dependency: housing, education, employment, child care and family support.â9FDEF6
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Make wider range of treatment available »
Make wider range of treatment available
Make wider range of treatment availableâThe government should make a wider range of drug treatment options from front line providers open to drug users, and give drug users greater opportunity to choose between the options.â9FDEF6
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Prescription of heroin
Prescription of heroinâHeroin prescription should be available wherever appropriate, as part of the regular armoury of treatment options.â9FDEF6
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Prescription would reduce drug harms »
Prescription would reduce drug harms
Prescription would reduce drug harmsâHeroin prescription would help to reduce drug-related harms, including crime.â98CE71
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Methadone not effective for all addicts »
Methadone not effective for all addicts
Methadone not effective for all addictsâMethadone is simply not effective for all heroin addicts.â98CE71
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Prescribing heroin would reduce crime »
Prescribing heroin would reduce crime
Prescribing heroin would reduce crimeâPrescribing heroin would reduce the incidence of crime and the cost of crime to society.â98CE71
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Methadone programme offers better value »
Methadone programme offers better value
Methadone programme offers better valueâMoney would be better spent extending the methadone programme and ensuring that everyone who could benefit from it gains access to it.âEF597B
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Extra pressure on GPs »
Extra pressure on GPs
Extra pressure on GPsâIncreased number of heroin users approaching GP surgeries for treatment would put extra pressure on GP resources.âEF597B
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Identifying absolute vs relative need »
Identifying absolute vs relative need
Identifying absolute vs relative needâIt would be extremely difficult for GPs, in particular, to decide who was in real need of heroin prescriptions and how great their need wasâEF597B
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Prescription system time consuming »
Prescription system time consuming
Prescription system time consumingâHeroin doses have to be carefully gauged, and administered 3 times a dayâunlike methadone, which lasts for 24 hoursâand injection has to be supervised to make sure that the drug is not diverted onto the black market.âEF597B
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Prescription system would be expensive »
Prescription system would be expensive
Prescription system would be expensiveâPharmaceutical heroin is also considerably more expensive than methadone, probably four or five times as much.âEF597B
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Prescriptions lets users to remain users »
Prescriptions lets users to remain users
Prescriptions lets users to remain usersâMaking heroin prescriptions readily available will simply encourage users to remain usersâas unlike methadone, pharmaceutical heroin still produces a high.âEF597B
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Prescribed heroin enters black market »
Prescribed heroin enters black market
Prescribed heroin enters black marketâPrescription of heroin would allow the prescription drug to leak into the black market.âEF597B
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