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UK. Middlesbrough heroin injection scheme to be extended
UK. Middlesbrough heroin injection scheme to be extended
A pilot scheme which gives supervised heroin injections to addicts has been extended for a further year following "promising results".
The heroin assisted treatment programme, based in Middlesbrough, focuses on high risk addicts who are committing crimes to pay for drugs and for whom other treatments have failed. (BBC, UK, 20.08.2020)