As heroin use continues to rise, medical strategies for countering its devastating effects are finding some success, along with harsh difficulties for some addicts looking for relief from the sometimes uncontrollable cravings of addiction. Most of have heard about Methadone treatment but few have heard about Suboxone. But why is it controversial?
Susun Svrluga at the Washington Post writes about Suboxone and a Washington D.C. cardiologist who wants the best for his addicted patients.
Read the article here.
Rudolph Jenkins says
The controversey is that you are substituting one addictive substance for another. Not saying if it is right or wrong, but that is the contention.