Re: Deprogrammed yet?

"Eric Chomko" <pne.chomko@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

:I don't know if there is a methadone equivalent for cocaine addicts but
:it does seem, at least in parts around DC (suburbs), that less people
:are addicted to heroin than say 20+ years ago. Did methadone work or
:did heroin just move away?

How much methadone are they currently handing out? If it's not enough
to make up the difference then heroin just moved away. Keep in mind
that methadone is more addictive than heroin. Once they start
methadone therapy they either stay there or go back to heroin.

There's really no need for a methadone equivalent for cocaine, since
cocaine addition doesn't exhibit the sort of strong physical
withdrawal symptoms that opiates do.

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