UK Government considers supervised injecting clinics.

摘要

Heroin addiction affects more than a quarter of a million people in the UK. For many, standard treatment with methadone-the synthetic opioid used to wean people off heroin-works well. But a small proportion of addicts do not respond to it; for them prescribed heroin is the only way to treat their addiction. In theory, heroin prescribing is legal in the UK. However, a combination of weak government guidelines, moral judgments on drug addiction, and a perceived lack of evidence has meant that whether or not an addict receives the appropriate treatment is somewhat of a lottery.