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Heroin addicts around the world have traded their heroin habit for methadone. Now, instead of needing drug rehab, they need methadone detox for their methadone addiction. And, after that, they’ll probably need the drug rehab they never got when they originally asked for help with heroin.

Unfortunately, a lot of people think substituting methadone for heroin is acceptable. Obviously, they haven’t seen the statistics – many more people die from methadone than heroin. But, from some viewpoints, methadone has reduced heroin addiction. You could probably even find statistics ‘proving’ that heroin addiction is on the decline. But, really, it’s just swept under the rug. Like taking aspirin for a headache, methadone masks the problem. The headache’s still there, but the nerves are anesthetized so you don’t feel the pain. Similar to not feeling the pain of addiction when you don’t see addicts with needles in their arms in alleyways. But, they’re still there. And they’ll need methadone detox, and probably drug rehab, to really go away.

Trials have just been completed for another drug, Atomoxetine. This one was for cocaine addicts. Fortunately, it didn’t work. So, it’s currently being tested on marijuana. One test is on children, two others are on adults. If it works, we’ll probably need Atomoxetine detox.

Could it be that we’re losing the war on drugs because we haven’t really identified the enemy? If someone you care about is substituting methadone for heroin, get them into methadone detox and then into drug rehab. Don’t play into the enemy’s hands.

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