Tchort
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^ Thank you! They would all work, if used properly and the person really wanted to kick. I just see all of these a substitutions otherwise. And for any program to allow someone to be on for years is just ridiculous. They are just perpetuating the problems...
People have different needs and goals. Many people find it impossible to lead a normal life or a life up to their own expectation of normalcy or acceptability without regular administration of an opioid. Up to 25% of Heroin or other opioid addicts are unable to be comfortable on Buprenorphine or Methadone at any dose of either.
The accumulated evidence plainly shows that individuals require individualized treatment or care- why should a time cap be put on any medical treatment for no good reason?
Mayor Guiliani tried this in NYC- he was going to get all of those poor souls on Methadone (subsidized by the city/state for the poorest addicts) detoxed- those who wouldn't afford to transfer to a private clinic or who couldn't get into one (due to the excrutiatingly long waiting lists in large cities to get into drug programs) almost all ended up back on their drug of choice (generally Heroin). Many died- as a direct result of yanking their treatment early.
What is so unconsciousnable about a person receiving opioid substitution for longer than a year? or 2 years? or for a lifetime?