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heroin trial push  The Queensland Coalition is urging Prime
Minister John Howard to ignore a call from his Victorian
colleagues to re-consider a heroin trial.  Victoria's Health
Minister, Rob Knowles, believes a heroin trial should be
included in any comprehensive drug treatment program.  Mr
Knowles says the Federal Government should re-consider its
opposition to a heroin trial.  But Queensland Opposition's
deputy-leader, Mike Horan, is adamant that his Coalition
colleagues are on the wrong track.  "I fully agree that there's
a need for a comprehensive nationwide strategy but I totally
oppose the use of a heroin trial," he said.  "It is the very
worst thing that can be done and why people continue to peddle
the concept of a heroin trial is completely beyond me."
Queensland's Health Minister, Wendy Edmond, says she has not
been briefed on the Victorian proposal.  She says if the issue
is put on the agenda of the next Health Ministerial Council
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