title: Medical prescription of heroin--a review.
abstract: There are many problems associated with injection drug use, problems that affect both the users themselves as well as those close to them and the society in which they live. Whether through complications associated with drug use (multiple infections, mental health problems, etc) or through the consequences on those close to them and on society (family dysfunction, crime, etc), the costs of illegal drug use are considerably greater than the costs of treating drug users.
authors.affiliation: Saint-Luc Pavilion, University of Montréal Hospital Centre, Family Medicine Department, University of Montréal. brissette.suzanne@sympatico.ca
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brissette
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D003932:Heroin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous; D013557:Switzerland
chemical_list: D003932:Heroin