Canada has just approved prescription heroin

OTTAWA — The Canadian government has quietly approved new drug regulations that will permit doctors to prescribe pharmaceutical-grade heroin to treat severe addicts who have not responded to more conventional approaches. The move means that Crosstown, a trail-blazing clinic in Vancouver, British Columbia, will be able to expand its special heroin-maintenance program, in which addicts come […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/09/13/canada-has-just-approved-prescription-heroin/