Britain recently wrapped up a four-year trial program where longtime heroin addicts were given daily injections of the drug to help wean them off. The trial proved successful and resulted in reduced drug use on the streets and crime among the participants.

The positive results mean that Britain could become the second European country to implement the program. This would result in permanent, state-funded heroin clinics across the country.

Program leaders admit that the treatment is not perfect but for heavily addicted users it is a new step in the right direction where other previous methods, such as detox and methadone, have failed.

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