Methadone can cut crime levels and give life back to heroin addicts.

Can a consultant psychiatrist really be so naïve with regard to the scourge of heroin addiction and its management? I refer to Dr M Bhamjee and his recent letter to the Irish Medical Times (October 1, 2010). Heroin per se is not the whole problem. Rather, it is its illegality and the consequential associated lifestyle that goes with it that destroys lives...