Kanada. B.C. doctors upset their ‘safe supply' of heroin going unprescribed during overdose crisis  The doctors are asking the Ministry of Health to fund heroin-assisted treatment for 200 British Columbians at an average cost of $25 a day. (Va…

Fifteen years of heroin-assisted treatment in a Swiss prison-a retrospective cohort study.  Liebrenz M, Gamma A, Buadze A, Schleifer R, Baggio S, Schwartz B, Schneeberger A, Uchtenhagen A.  Harm Reduct J. 2020 Oct 13;17(1):67. doi: 10.11…

Australien. The case for an Australian heroin trial: strong then, even stronger now By Alex Wodak, Bob Douglas and David McDonald Pearls and Irritations, 08.11.2021 https://johnmenadue.com/the-case-for-an-australian-heroin-trial-strong-then-even-…

Köln. Tagesthemen-Reportage aus der Kölner Diamorphin-Ambulanz (Tagesthemen, Mittendrin-Reportage, ARD, 11.10.2021, Video, 25:52 – 31:07) https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/tagesthemen/das-erste/Y3JpZDovL2Rhc2Vyc3RlLmRlL3RhZ2VzdGhlbWVuLzNjOGE2ODY4L…

The suitability of oral diacetylmorphine in treatment-refractory patients with heroin dependence: A scoping review.  F Martins ML, Wilthagen EA, Oviedo-Joekes E, Beijnen JH, de Grave N, Uchtenhagen A, Beck T, Van den Brink W, Schinkel AH. …

Kanada. Vancouver clinic revokes 11 patients’ access to take-home heroin doses Eleven patients who were permitted to take home doses of medical-grade heroin from a Vancouver clinic have had the permission abruptly revoked. The patients were told l…