News (Media Awareness Project) - Switzerland: Boost To Heroin Supply Project |
| Title: | Switzerland: Boost To Heroin Supply Project |
| Published On: | 2003-03-04 |
| Source: | Edinburgh Evening News (UK) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-01-20 23:11:06 |
BOOST TO HEROIN SUPPLY PROJECT
SWITZERLAND'S pioneering programme to provide heroin to severely addicted
people has received a boost after lawmakers moved to extend it for five
more years.
The National Council, the lower house of parliament, rejected an attempt by
right-of-centre parties to stop the programme and voted to prolong it until
the end of 2009.
The move comes in spite of criticism last month from the United Nations'
International Narcotics Control Board, which denounced such programmes in
its annual report.
SWITZERLAND'S pioneering programme to provide heroin to severely addicted
people has received a boost after lawmakers moved to extend it for five
more years.
The National Council, the lower house of parliament, rejected an attempt by
right-of-centre parties to stop the programme and voted to prolong it until
the end of 2009.
The move comes in spite of criticism last month from the United Nations'
International Narcotics Control Board, which denounced such programmes in
its annual report.
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