Swiss approve pioneering legal heroin program
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081130/ap_on_re_eu/eu_switzerland_heroin_vote"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081129/capt.349cfef02dda4fa4928f8e8132cefc92.switzerland_heroin_ans101.jpg?x=130y=84q=85sig=OEcinY1Q88W9rF5KGk6CrQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="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)" border="0" /></a>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.</p><br clear="all"/>

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