Scientists caution that controversial treatment has its downsides
(NEWSER) - Medical heroin may be effectively used to treat heroin addiction, Canadian scientists have discovered, but their dramatic findings may be railroaded over political and financial concerns, ABC News reports. Injectable diacetylmorphine, the active ingredient in heroin, resulted in 67% less illegal activity and illicit drug use after one year when compared with 47.7% for oral methadone, the standard treatment for opioid addiction. Despite the results, one author cautions that methadone should remain an addict’s “first-line treatment.” More»
