Heroin has not been available for legitimate medical use in the United States since 1924 although morphine is currently used as a pain reliever for cancer patients
If heroin is shown to be effective it could be approved for use in terminal cases
In on of a series of trials approved by the Food and Drug Administration,60 terminal cancer patients with moderate to severe pain were divided into two groups of 30 each
Each patient in the first group received a single intramuscular injection of morphine
While those in the second group r