A guide book for heroin addicts

NEW YORK (AP) - January 4, 2009

The city health department is out with a guide for dope addicts.

The illustrated manual shows how to shoot heroin.

There's information on cleaning needles with bleach and what to do if there's an overdose.

A top official with the Drug Enforcement Administration calls it a "step-by-step instruction on how to inject a poison."

But city health officials defend their guide as a way of saving lives.

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