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December 2010

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October 2023

Hello, I'm Graywalls. I wanted to let you know that one or more external links you added to Heroin-assisted treatment have been removed because they seemed to be inappropriate for an encyclopedia. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page, or take a look at our guidelines about links. Please do not use Wikipedia to promote your documentary. Graywalls (talk) 19:34, 14 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The fentanyl documentaries were not mine. However, I did make short clips from the documentaries on the clinics providing patients with pharmaceutical heroin and fentanyl as addiction treatment. This is valuable information on what is actually being done in Canada that would interest people who are studying this issue. I have no affiliation with The New England Journal of Medicine or the article “Diacetylmorphine versus Methadone for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction.” Why was it removed? Williamaswensonjr (talk) 21:15, 14 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It was explained in the edit summary. Try not to just drop sources of relevant topic into external links, but use the source to support a statement within the article as a reference. Graywalls (talk) 22:09, 14 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

In this case, you’ve rejected the external links I provided which contained substantial educational material significantly updating and enhancing the topic of Heroin-assisted treatment because they didn’t meet some technical or procedural requirement. My links were to short clips taken from very recent documentaries on the fentanyl crisis showing the use of diacetylmorphine (heroin), hydromorphone hydrochloride and pharmaceutical fentanyl to treat addiction, prevent overdose deaths and reduce crime and violence associated with drug trafficking and illegal drug use. Your actions here are tantamount to “throwing the baby out with the bath water” or rejecting the true spirit of a matter and applying a stringent, Pharisaic approach in its place. Is there an appeal process for your decision? Whenever there is an ability to harshly limit the free flow of information and ideas, an appellate process should be available.

The solution to the fentanyl epidemic (5 minutes)

YouTube link

Using pharmaceutical fentanyl to treat addiction and prevent overdoses to street fentanyl (4 minutes)

YouTube link

Diacetylmorphine versus Methadone for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa0810635

“In this trial, patients assigned to receive injectable diacetylmorphine were more likely to stay in treatment and to reduce their use of illegal drugs and other illegal activities than patients assigned to receive oral methadone. These findings are consistent with the results of European studies that suggest greater effectiveness of diacetylmorphine than methadone as maintenance treatment for long-term, treatment-refractory opioid use.” Williamaswensonjr (talk) 13:27, 15 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]