Swiss approve pioneering legal heroin program

December 1, 2008 By ALEXANDER G. HIGGINS , Associated Press Writer Swiss approve pioneering legal heroin program (AP)

A placard showing a couple saying "Yes, thanks to the treatment our son could get out of drugs" is among others on display in Geneva, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008. Switzerland will decide Nov. 30, 2008, in a popular vote whether to put a heroin distribution program on a permanent legal footing. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

(AP) -- The world's most comprehensive legalized heroin program became permanent Sunday with overwhelming approval from Swiss voters who simultaneously rejected the decriminalization of marijuana.

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COCO - Dec 03, 2008
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the swiss - really Frenchmen with no sense of humour but the sense god gave geese. At least they understand that marijuana is more dangerous than heroin. They must learn from US - jail everyone at all levels of the supply chain - this is the only way for freedom to rein!!
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