UK Prime Minister Cameron "... wants to shift the focus away from the use of methadone as a substitute drug..."

UK prime minister Cameron "... wants to shift the focus away from the use of methadone as a substitute drug.... [and] press ahead with an expensive shift in treatment for drug addicts, towards residential programmes and away from the use of methadone as a substitute licensed drug." Cameron described methadone as " ... a government authorised form of opium ..." There are today an estimated 150,000 patients in England receiving methadone maintenance treatment. Full story click here (Guardian, 6 Aug)