Expert Team to Map Out New Strategy for Scotland On Drugs Too Many Drug Users Are Condemned to a Life On Methadone, Inquiry Chairman Tells Stephen Naysmith
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REVEREND John Matthews has come across a number of drug dependent parishioners since he gave up the world of business to become a minister in the Church of Scotland. But the Reverend has noticed a difference in recent years.
Methadone was being prescribed as an alternative for 'recovering' addicts fifteen years ago in his north Glasgow parish, he says. But efforts were being made to wean the drug-dependent off the sickly green liquid heroin substitute.See the full content of this document
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Expert Team to Map Out New Strategy for Scotland On Drugs Too Many Drug Users Are Condemned to a Life On Methadone, Inquiry Chairman Tells Stephen Naysmith
"Back then, people were proud to tell you that while they had been on a 70ml dose last week, they were now down to 65 or 60ml. It was very common for people to be on a reducing prescription.
"But there has been such a move over the intervening years towards harm reduction, now nearly everyone I see is on a maintenance dose, " he sighs."There are 22,000 people ...See the full content of this document
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