Prescribed heroin shows promise


	Prescribed heroin shows promise

Deepti

6-3-2008 5:48 AM

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heroin, treatment, prescribe, addicts, canada

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6-3-2008 6:25 AM

Antara

I watched a doc about how this program is working n London, it seems promising.

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