AHS Views

For some, the idea of drug rehabilitation went out the window when the methadone clinic was introduced. Now, instead of getting addicts through drug rehab, they are being kept “in treatment” for life while being given no actual solution for their heroin addiction.

I just read an article about a methadone clinic in Madison, Wisconsin that has 300 people lined up every morning for their methadone. One of the guys has been coming there for 10 years.

Last week I spoke with a mother whose daughter just got kicked out of a methadone program because she could not afford the $125.00 per week they were charging her to stay on drugs. The mother was upset because she couldn’t understand why her daughter had to stay on a drug and pay for it every week. Good question.

Many people complain about the cost of drug rehab. But the cost of methadone at $125/week for 10 years is less than you’d have to pay for a successful drug rehab program, and the person would be off drugs – which is why they went into treatment in the first place. Which route makes more sense?