Pubdate: Tue, 04 Mar 2003
Source: Edinburgh Evening News (UK)
Copyright: 2003 The Scotsman Publications Ltd
Contact:  http://www.edinburghnews.com/
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BOOST TO HEROIN SUPPLY PROJECT

SWITZERLAND'S pioneering programme to provide heroin to severely addicted 
people has received a boost after lawmakers moved to extend it for five 
more years.

The National Council, the lower house of parliament, rejected an attempt by 
right-of-centre parties to stop the programme and voted to prolong it until 
the end of 2009.

The move comes in spite of criticism last month from the United Nations' 
International Narcotics Control Board, which denounced such programmes in 
its annual report.
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