Bernard Lord has been taking whole NB on the Yellow Brick road to some promised land which was never to be. To disaster that is. I hope NBers will be much more careful this time.
"THE number of people dying from drugs in Lothian has reached a ten-year high, new figures revealed today.
While drug-related deaths across Scotland fell by six per cent, the statistics for Lothian showed a 58 per cent increase - from 36 deaths in 2004 to 57 last year.
And the biggest increase was in deaths involving methadone and diazepam.
Critics of the methadone programme, designed to wean heroin addicts off their habit, claimed the figures underlined the need for a rethink of its use.
Deaths in Lothian involving methadone soared from seven to 19 and diazepam-related deaths more than doubled from nine to 22.
The news comes after an Evening News study found a growing trend for addicts turning to the heroin substitute.
Scottish Tory leader Annabel Goldie said the increase in methadone-related deaths in Lothian was alarming.
She said: "Methadone was supposed to be a treatment to help addicts. These figures underline the need for a new strategy based on abstinence. Methadone has a part to play, but it must not be the only treatment in town"
What saved wrote makes a lot of sense. Addicting a person to one drug to take them off another doesn't make a whole lot of sense unless there's also a plan to get them off methadone. Is there? Methadone may be part of a solution but I don't think it's the Holy Grail the public is being led to believe. It is one component to assists drug abusers but they first have to want the help themselves.
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Bernard Lord has been taking whole NB on the Yellow Brick road to some promised land which was never to be. To disaster that is. I hope NBers will be much more careful this time.
Thanks to MR. Lord,this won't happen here.
"THE number of people dying from drugs in Lothian has reached a ten-year high, new figures revealed today.
While drug-related deaths across Scotland fell by six per cent, the statistics for Lothian showed a 58 per cent increase - from 36 deaths in 2004 to 57 last year.
And the biggest increase was in deaths involving methadone and diazepam.
Critics of the methadone programme, designed to wean heroin addicts off their habit, claimed the figures underlined the need for a rethink of its use.
Deaths in Lothian involving methadone soared from seven to 19 and diazepam-related deaths more than doubled from nine to 22.
The news comes after an Evening News study found a growing trend for addicts turning to the heroin substitute.
Scottish Tory leader Annabel Goldie said the increase in methadone-related deaths in Lothian was alarming.
She said: "Methadone was supposed to be a treatment to help addicts. These figures underline the need for a new strategy based on abstinence. Methadone has a part to play, but it must not be the only treatment in town"
What saved wrote makes a lot of sense. Addicting a person to one drug to take them off another doesn't make a whole lot of sense unless there's also a plan to get them off methadone. Is there? Methadone may be part of a solution but I don't think it's the Holy Grail the public is being led to believe. It is one component to assists drug abusers but they first have to want the help themselves.
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