TY - JOUR AU - Small, Dan AU - Drucker, Ernest AU - Editorial for Harm Reduction Journal PY - 2006 DA - 2006/05/02 TI - Policy makers ignoring science and scientists ignoring policy: the medical ethical challenges of heroin treatment JO - Harm Reduction Journal SP - 16 VL - 3 IS - 1 AB - A decade of research in Switzerland, The Netherlands, Germany, and Spain now constitutes a massive body of work supporting the use of heroin treatment for the most difficult patients addicted to opiates. These trials concur on this method's safety and efficacy and are now serving as a prelude to the institution of heroin treatment in clinical practice throughout Europe. SN - 1477-7517 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-7517-3-16 DO - 10.1186/1477-7517-3-16 ID - Small2006 ER -