November 21, 2007
Methadone Addiction and Heroin Addiction are One and the Same - They Just Come in Different Packages
One of our blog readers commented on one of our posts today – he said he thought drug addicts were scum, until he read something written by his brother, an addict. He included a link so others could read it. It describes the day to day life of an addict. His brother disappeared one day, and I don’t think our reader has seen him since. He talked about methadone treatment, and the promise of life being how it used to be. Well, if you don’t mind methadone addiction.
What people don’t seem to realize is that methadone treatment isn’t treatment – it’s addiction. It’s methadone addiction. Treatment is getting a person off drugs. Methadone treatment is getting the person addicted to methadone.
When you read this description of the hell an addict goes through every day just to get drugs, unable to do anything other than get drugs, you can see why methadone treatment would be appealing.
But the simple fact is this: this guy’s habit cost him $500 a day. If he can get $500 a day for drugs, he can get the money for drug detox and rehab. After he completed the right drug detox and rehab, he would think more clearly, be prouder of himself and be drug free. Instead he longs for a life of methadone addiction – one that seems relatively normal compared to life on street drugs. But don’t be fooled by it – an addict is an addict and no matter how different one drug seems from another, these drugs are dangerous. He could just as easily, if not more easily, die from methadone as he could from heroin or any of the other drugs the methadone is replacing.
If someone you care about is suffering with heroin addiction or addiction to any other drug, don’t let them go the methadone route. Methadone addiction and heroin addiction are one and the same – it’s only the packaging that makes them look different.
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I would like to comment on the statement”if you can get $500 a day for heroin, you can get the money for detox & rehab”
Most addicts support thier habits by stealing or prostitution. One of the main reasons addicts want to detox is to get away from that lifestyle. Most can’t go in a store or turn a trick without being “high”.
And isn’t Rehab about changing your lifestyle and trying to get some normalacy in your life again. Beleive me, it will never be “normal” again but it can be good.
And these daily Methadone clinics don’t give any rehab and never try to detox you. The average stay of couselors is 4 to 6 months, fresh out college until they can get a real job. They have no clue on how to counsel a street smart drug addict, just make sure they pay their $13.50 per day (if they don’t get busted trying to get money, stay away from other addicts so you won’t be tempted to spend your money on drugs)have them give you urine once a month to test for other drugs in your system and if there are other drugs in your system threaten them with a 2 week detox off of the 100 mg. of methadone youv’e gotten up to in as short as your first 10 days. These are profit making organizations (my understanding is this one in particular is owned by a couple of Doctors) All they want is money, money, money. Multiply $13.50 by 600 to 900, lets just average it and use 750. That is $283,500
for 4 weeks, appx. a month. That is over 3 million per year for an investment. And you want them to turn a trick or steal to pay them. Pimping in the new millineum.
Comment by Becky Heldman — January 9, 2008 @ 1:01 pm
The article “Methadone Addiction and Heroin Addiction are One and the Same - They Just Come in Different Packages” is nice. I learned a lot of informations. thank u
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