FED: Pressure increases for heroin trial

AAP General News (Australia)
02-28-1999
FED: Pressure increases for heroin trial

Prime Minister JOHN HOWARD is coming under increasing pressure to consider a heroin trial,
with doctors and two conservative state governments giving at least partial support to the
trials.

Mr HOWARD flatly rejects any move to legalise heroin, a position now strongly backed by
Health Minister MICHAEL WOOLDRIDGE, a former supporter of the ACT heroin trial quashed by Mr
Howard.

Australian Medical Association national president DAVID BRAND is supporting a trial, saying
it could provide scientific evidence on managing …