are youy sure about that ALERT??im not saying that is incorrect but the people i know that take it say it doesnt give them a high whatsoever, but then again they might JUST be saying that..of the 6-7 persons i know on METHADONE MAINTENANCE, all of them use HEROIN, some on a daily basis!!they tell me METHADONE does not kill cravings at all, and that they stay on it simply as a "crutch" so they wont feel the H withdrawals...
my buddies all go to the clinic in the morning and they get a little bottle of pink liquid that they drink..
from what i gather about METHADONE-
-some get a nice high from it
-others dont get any buzz from it
-some say u can function perfectly off of it
-others say after a while(year or so) u start getting some shitty side effects from it, and they say it will rob you of all ambition and it makes you into a zombie
-it does NOT eliminate cravings to take other OPIATES..
-the withdrawal from METHADONE is "supposedly" much much worse than HEROIN, although i find 5this hard to believe..the detox from H is fucking wicked, and if METH detox is so much worse, i cannot see the reason of getting on METH MAINTENANCE to begin with..
so from what i hear, getting on METHADONE doesnt make any sense to me UNLESS u are using it like my friends do, just to eliminate withdrawals from HEROIN..then again, they will need to get off if it at one point so..
my friends pay $40 a week to stay on the maintenance program, and insurance doesnt cover it..
i definitely think a FAQ should be created on METHADONE..i still have questions about it...