§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 8 June 1998,Official Report, columns 464–65, what assessment he has made of the information supplied in the conference in the United States in June on the Swiss programme for using injectable heroin to reduce drug use and drug-related crime. [49185]
§ Ms JowellThe Swiss programme showed that it is feasible to use diamorphine (pharmaceutical heroin) under strictly controlled conditions as part of a comprehensive social and psychological intervention. We were already aware of these basic findings and no new information appears to have emerged at the conference.