Re: drug abuse among the homeless

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pete nospam Zakel) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> 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.

Not exactly.  Heroin is good for heroin maintenance (when you're not
trying to quit), but it's supposedly easier to wean yourself off of
methadone than off of heroin.