"We hope that this will provide a solution that will give... a better quality of life to some addicts who are today out of our reach and whom current programmes do not help enough," Health Minister Bente Hoie wrote on Facebook.
Norway has one of the highest overdose mortality rates in Europe, with 81 deaths per million in 2015 after Estonia (132 deaths per million) and Sweden (88 deaths per million), according to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction.
Already adopted or tested in Switzerland, the Netherlands and Denmark, medical heroin therapy is controversial, but supporters argue that in addition to improving the quality of life of addicts and lowering overdose mortality, it reduces crime and the costs associated with it.
The first treatments under the project will begin in 2020 at the earliest, the health ministry said in a statement.
Norway to test free heroin for drug addicts
Awesome, if you want to abuse drugs all your life, report here, sign away all your rights, and become a drug addled ward of the state ... 3 hots and a cot all the dope you can use
Norway has one of the highest overdose mortality rates in Europe, with 81 deaths per million in 2015 after Estonia (132 deaths per million) and Sweden (88 deaths per million), according to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction.
Already adopted or tested in Switzerland, the Netherlands and Denmark, medical heroin therapy is controversial, but supporters argue that in addition to improving the quality of life of addicts and lowering overdose mortality, it reduces crime and the costs associated with it.
The first treatments under the project will begin in 2020 at the earliest, the health ministry said in a statement.
Norway to test free heroin for drug addicts
Awesome, if you want to abuse drugs all your life, report here, sign away all your rights, and become a drug addled ward of the state ... 3 hots and a cot all the dope you can use