Say no, no, no to the rehab industry From The Times October 3, 2008
03/10/2008 by admin.
‘The methadone lobby has built a pharmaceutical holding pen that keeps addicts addicted’
Melanie Reid
Read this article today from The Times . A fairly scathing (IMO) look at the costs, both social and economic of prescription methadone. The author gives an interesting perspective on the current situation in which she says that ‘Harm reduction has become a pharmaceutical monster. Half the £500million that the Government spends on combating illegal drug use in England is devoted to prescribing an alternative addictive substance’
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