Using drugs as weapons 'unsafe'

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Using drugs as weapons 'unsafe'

UK doctors fear public safety could be compromised by the growing interest of world governments in using drugs for law enforcement.

A report by the British Medical Association points to the example of the Moscow theatre siege of October 2002 where over 120 hostages died.

The Russian authorities had used a drug delivered through the air-conditioning system to end the siege.

Medics argue the innocent are inevitably harmed alongside criminals.

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