Addiction
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To examine the effects of supply-side drug law enforcement on the dynamics of the Australian heroin market and the harms associated with heroin. ⋯ Supply control has an important part to play in harm reduction; however, proponents of supply-side drug law enforcement need to be mindful of the unintended adverse consequences that might flow from successfully disrupting the market for a particular illegal drug.
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To determine the scale and practice of diamorphine (heroin) prescribing for opiate dependence in the United Kingdom in 2000. ⋯ The prescribing of diamorphine to opiate dependent drug users remains rare in the United Kingdom. Not all eligible doctors seek a licence to prescribe, and not all those with licences actually prescribe it. There is no clear consensus on who should be treated with diamorphine and in what way.