Claiming that the horrifying near-death experience really put things into perspective, area man Leo York announced Tuesday that a recent heroin overdose served as a wake-up call to keep on doing heroin but just be smarter about it. “That’s it. Tomorrow I’m buying a digital scale, and from now on I’m only using on weekends or after work if it was a super hard day,” said York, explaining that the close call had provided him with the clarity to realize he needed to do the hard work of finding a more trustworthy dealer instead of shooting up whatever sketchy back-alley stuff he could score. […]
This is already a thing though. If you go to a doctor and say you are an opiate addict they will start you on a treatment plan involving suboxone or methadone. The main problem is its not free and addicts dont tend to have extra money. I’d imagine the same problem would happen if doctors were to prescribe heroin to addicts as you had said.
Fentanyl is cheap. Of course the prices have to be regular prices without the usual pharmacy markup.
You misunderstood me. Fentanyl addictions usually are more expensive than it would cost to pay for methadone treatment. Most addicts measure in dollars per day, and methadone is about 10$ a day without insurance. Addicts with a 10$ a day habit don’t need methadone to quit. The main problem is that a lot of addicts dont earn money in a legal way, and dont have health insurance. Its actually more convenient to continue abusing a hard drug even if it costs more money in many cases. Addiction treatment could be improved a lot in most areas of the US, but its underfunded.
I don’t see why illegal money cannot be used to buy methadone or opiates in pharmacies. Cash is cash.
It sort of can, but usually people are trying to stop the bad habits that come with using the drug too. Its definitely been done and will be done again I just dont think its ideal. Medication for opiate withdrawal at least should be free, it takes ages to get off it for most.