ATTACKING STRAWMEN IN SWITZERLAND:

Two news articles (Tageszeitung 12 Aug and Blick 13 Aug) have claimed that recently released guidelines and recommendations concerning "substitution treatment" of opiate addiction damn the goal of abstinence and instead hold up methadone as a "cure-all." Absolutely not the case. The guidelines, prepared by a number of organizations, including the Swiss Society of Addiciton Medicine, tell it like it is, acknowledging limitations of any and all forms of treatment and pointing out that after treatment (with methadone or any other modality) relapse and its potentially life-threatening consequences is the rule rather than the exception. Full stories (in German):
link 1 and link 2