Northeast Baltimore program says it wants to attract users to treatment and reduce crime
A Northeast Baltimore clinic that once pitched on-demand methadone to desperate addicts during the late-night hours is focusing on a new idea — paying addicts to come in for treatment."We are targeting a non-traditional population of addicts that isn't so interested in treatment," said the Rev. Milton Williams, who runs Turning Point Clinic, housed in his New Life Evangelical Baptist Church. "This will be an incentive."
The state has yet to approve the original on-demand, or "open access" idea, citing federal rules that require, for example, a lengthy examination of anyone getting methadone, a Schedule 2 narcotic. The incentive, $20 supplied by a private foundation or other group yet to be named, is a "Plan B," one Williams believes doesn't need any special approvals because the program would be run as a traditional clinic, just at night with no appointments.
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3 comments:
That makes sense, we have a President that has to be on Meth...
This has to be the dumbest thing I have ever heard of.... First they replace a drug with another drug, then give them $20. In the eyes of the addict how could it get better get high twice for free!
Whoever thinks replacing methadone is replacing a drug with a drug is retarded. obviously u know nothing about addiction. Hopefully you'll get robbed by some guy needing money to get well. On Methadone there's no sickness, it seriously cuts the cravings down, and it doesn't get u high when ur on the right dose. It's still hard go get a job because the majority of people who r on Methadone used to commit crimes before so the have criminal records and nobody will give them a chance now. they live off food stamps and welfare so the $20 would actually help. It's always people who've never had to deal with anything that complain about everything.
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