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Addiction | Supplying Addicts With Heroin Is Dangerous

Robert Maginnis contends in the following viewpoint that programs to supply addicts with heroin will encourage drug legalization, increase drug use, and lead to the death of many addicts. According to Maginnis, studies documenting the success of the Swiss heroin maintenance experiment are flawed. Maginnis is a senior policy adviser with the Family Research Council, a nonprofit educational organization promoting the traditional family unit and the Judeo-Christian value system.

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