A big new review of the evidence finds that prescription heroin works [vox.com]
What happens when traditional addiction treatments don’t stick, and people continue using dangerous opioids like heroin and illicit fentanyl anyway? That’s the central question behind a huge report by the RAND Corporation. The review of the research looks at two harm reduction interventions that try to help people who aren’t in conventional treatment: prescription heroin and supervised drug consumption sites . Both approaches are used around the world — in Australia, Canada, and Europe — but...