BBC Scotland investigations correspondent Bob Wylie reports on a pilot programme in Germany where addicts have been given heroin on prescription. Here in Scotland, a former government minister has called for a similar trial to take place. Watch extended interviews with some of the people Bob Wylie to spoke in the course of his investigation.
Dr Richard Simpson
Former deputy justice minister
Heroin maintenance is an idea whose time has come, according to Dr Richard Simpson.
Dr Christian Haasen
Research director
Dr Christian Haasen says those prescribed heroin in the German trial performed better than those on methadone in a number of ways.
Ludovic Leblanc
Heroin addict
Ludovic Leblanc, a waiter in one of Hamburg's top Italian restaurants, tells how he has benefited from being able to inject heroin at a clinic twice a day.
Alistair Ramsay
Drugs campaigner
Alistair Ramsay, who was the director of Scotland Against Drugs, believes the scheme is not the "panacea" that it may seem.
Bob Wylie
Investigations correspondent, BBC Scotland
Bob Wylie's report on the issue of heroin on prescription was broadcast on The Investigation as part of Morning Extra on BBC Radio Scotland.
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