We’ve all seen Trainspotting, but what is the truth about heroin addiction and its treatment in the UK? This quarter’s pH7 takes a look at this issue, including such controversial ideas as the legalisation of drugs.
Another hot topic concerns the use of animals in medical experiments. Is this a scientific necessity, as Dr Ian Gibson suggests, or is this cruelty taken too far, as the BUAV contends?
We also take a look at the working conditions in the NHS, including issues such as the poaching of nurses from the Third World.
