Reply #26: yes Wonk I read the article [View All]

[Cheswick2.0]

and unfortunately I know plenty about hardcore users.

I know you can't help them by making their lives easier. I'll bet a buck that all of these people have had tons of counciling and know all about how to get treatment for getting off drugs. In fact I will bet that once someone has reached that stage of progression, they have been in several treatment programs already.

You can provide them a place to get clean needles and counciling, that doesn't mean that later in the day or next week on a binge they aren't going to shoot up with some filthy needle shared at a flop house.

The reason I think Methadone is a better way to go is that the clients are drug tested every week to make sure they are not using any other substance. If they are they are out of the program and the time and money are spent on people who want to recover.