Network Front | The Guardian: Official drug advisers reject time limit on methadone substitution for addicts

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Official drug advisers reject time limit on methadone substitution for addicts Nov 6th 2014, 16:08, by Alan Travis, home affairs editor Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs says time limits advocated by Iain Duncan Smith would lead to high rates of relapse The governments expert drug advisers have rejected moves to impose a blanket time limit on prescribing methadone substitution treatment to Britains 150,000 heroin addicts. The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs said the time limits advocated by senior Tories, including work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith, would lead to high rates of relapse and increase HIV infection and death rates. Continue reading...

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