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Methadone Addiction is No Longer a Necessary Treatment for Heroin Detox Addiction

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In the 1960's, methadone, previously used for pain relief, started being used as treatment for the escalating problem of heroin addiction. At that time it was considered a viable solution - but that was in the days when effective drug detox and drug rehab technologies were almost unknown. Today, methadone treatment is antiquated, and it's creating methadone addiction - an addiction even more dangerous than addiction to heroin.   Why is methadone treatment antiquated?   "It is important to remember that a methadone user is still physically dependent on the drug - they will experience horrible withdrawal symptoms if they can't get a dose in time - and will almost always become an addict. In fact, methadone has proven to be even more addictive than Heroin Detox ," said Steven Hayes, director of Novus Medical Detox Center, an inpatient detox facility in Florida that helps people through withdrawal from heroin, methadone and other drugs or alcohol.   &quo
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Ending Heroin Detox Marietta Addiction Depends on Drug Addiction Treatment Center Funding

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  If heroin addicts don't have access to a long-term residential drug addiction treatment center they sometimes turn to solutions that simply reduce the potential harm caused by the addiction. Safe injections sites are a prime example. Insite, the first safe injection site in North America, is now under attack by Canada's Minister of Health, who thinks these sites condone heroin addiction. But at the same time, he's withholding funding for a drug addiction treatment center that could really handle the problem. Where is an addict to turn?   A safe injection site is just what it sounds like - heroin addicts go to the location to shoot up. They bring their own drugs, and inject them at the site. So, how is that a step in the right direction? The addicts use clean needles and thereby lower their risk of HIV, AIDS and hepatitis (and the possibility of those being spread to others), used needles don't wind up littering the streets where they can, and will be, used by some
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