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Drug 'Rewards' Given To Drug Addicts
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7049934.stm
:eek2: Surely if they are going to be 'rewarded' for good behaviour, it should be stuff like holidays and not more drugs? This seems really messed up to me.
:eek2: Surely if they are going to be 'rewarded' for good behaviour, it should be stuff like holidays and not more drugs? This seems really messed up to me.
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If this helps put the dealers out of business, Im all for it.
Tbh i think its an incredibly brave move by the National Treatment Agency. Its really difficult to convince the public of this, but Im convinced its a better idea than sending them to DinseyWorld.
:thumb:
But surely someone is rewarded with drugs, then they'd just get addicted to that drug?
Errrm...the NTA regard it as unethical.
They are already addicted to it.
The amount of methadone someone is on should be a clinical decision, it should not be contingent on treatment goal compliance.
It's not the drugs they were addicted to like heroin but the substitutes that help them deal with the side effects, anti depressants / methadone etc.
I can see how it might work in a 'tough love' sense, but I think it is unethical if someone needs it that it shouldn't be provided freely.
Then again, maybe 'need' needs to be defined in a context. Arguably getting someone off these hard drugs for good is their greatest need of all, and if it's working - should we let ethics / social rules stand in the way? (Ok, that sounds really hitler-ish, sorry - I'm playing a bit of devils advocate here anyway)
Methadone isnt something to help with the side effects, its an addictive opiate - very much like heroin.
No.
Methadone has one big advantage over heroin. It has a much longer half life, so only needs to be used once a day, rather than 3 or 4 times a day. The downside to this is that it takes a bit longer to detox from.
And many addicts think it too 'boring' so will drink and take benzo's with it.
Heroin should be allowed to be prescribed just as widely as methadone, that way you could better tailor the treatment to the person.
Its nigh on impossible to get all the right paperwork to prescribe it so very few doctors can.