Re: drug abuse among the homeless

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Derek Snider) writes:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Adam Meadows) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...

>> How do we help these people?  

>Make legal, clean, drugs and paraphernalia (needles and/or pipes)
>available to registered addicts, along with voluntary treatment.

That's a good start.

>Slowly wean the heroin addicts off of heroin and onto methadone.

Why?  Heroin is cheaper.  Of course, methadone lasts longer.  Other than that,
they are essentially equivalent.

In England and some other European countries heroin maintenance has worked
very well.  Why switch them to a more expensive but otherwise equivalent
opioid?

-Pete Zakel
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