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Bluelighter
- Joined
- Jun 9, 2010
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wow, medical heroin?
that just blows my mind.
"the historical legacy of heroin"
damn straight.
that just blows my mind.
"the historical legacy of heroin"
damn straight.
However, there were more serious adverse events in the diacetylmorphine group — 51 versus 18. None of the adverse events in the methadone group was attributed to the study treatment.
The most common serious adverse events with diacetylmorphine treatment were potentially life-threatening overdoses in 10 patients and seizures in six. None of the patients died.
http://inef.ie/?p=2920
How does Heroin/diacetylmorphine cause seizures?
I for one do not believe in full legalisation of any of the aforementioned drugs; however I do believe in decriminalisation. The difference being that the drugs aren't made available ubiquitously and can only be obtained via the correct processes and procedures. Trafficking or drug diversion should still be a crime with maximum penalties. Specialist doctors should be able to treat people of addiction using either substitutes or the drug itself in a safe and secure environment. No one will argue against the idea that the war on drugs has been a costly failure with almost 90% of inmates imprisoned, based on drug related crime. Not to mention the money spent on trying to control the problem in the first place, and the lives that are literally destroyed in the fight aka Colombia. One tenth the money spent on fighting drugs would be enough to divert drug related problems from the justice system into the medical system where it belongs. Wanting to get high and drug addiction is not a crime, it is a medical problem.