Drug Treatment on Demand-Allow Private Physicians to Prescribe Methadone for Addiction
Drug Treatment on Demand-Allow Private Physicians to Prescribe Methadone for Addiction
The Issue
Methadone, despite it's stigma and myths, is the drug treatment with the highest success rate-by far. It's been used and studied for 40 years. It's also the cheapest treatment available-costs are less than one dollar per day. Clinics now have up to 2-year waiting lists for those who want help now. Most cost $100 a week minimum for treatment. Let's enable doctor's to prescribe methadone from their offices-it would reduce drug-related crimes, hiv Hepatitus-C , AIDS, and decrease our prison populations. We parole child molesters, murderers and rapists early to make prison cells available for drug USERS! Lets make treatment available to all who need it.
The Issue
Methadone, despite it's stigma and myths, is the drug treatment with the highest success rate-by far. It's been used and studied for 40 years. It's also the cheapest treatment available-costs are less than one dollar per day. Clinics now have up to 2-year waiting lists for those who want help now. Most cost $100 a week minimum for treatment. Let's enable doctor's to prescribe methadone from their offices-it would reduce drug-related crimes, hiv Hepatitus-C , AIDS, and decrease our prison populations. We parole child molesters, murderers and rapists early to make prison cells available for drug USERS! Lets make treatment available to all who need it.
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Petition created on April 2, 2010