| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | Diamorphin
UK. Middlesbrough heroin injection scheme hailed a success
UK. Middlesbrough heroin injection scheme hailed a success
A pilot scheme which gives supervised diamorphine injections to heroin addicts has been hailed as a success by those behind it, one year on. The programme, based in Middlesbrough, focuses on high-risk addicts who are committing crimes to pay for drugs and for whom other treatments have failed. (BBC, UK, 09.11.2020)