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Fri 05 May 2004Experts want changes in prison drugs policyThe Government should continuously monitor the effectiveness of heroin injecting rooms for drug-users overseas and establish needle-exchange programmes in Irish prisons, its official drug advisory group has said.The National Advisory Committee on Drugs has also warned that cocaine-users who share implements to snort the drug are running a real risk of contracting HIV and hepatitis.