I think public money for methadone clinics would be better spent on subsidizing rehab beds.
Every person I have tried to assist gtting into rehab was on state assisted health insurance (Apple insurance here in WA.)
I call the clinics and they say “Yes we have 6 (or more) open beds right now” He/she has Apple insurance. “Oh...we only have 2 dedicated beds for Apple insurance and tjey are full...booked up out 14 months.”
If you have exoerience with heroin addicts you know the moment they are ready to go into treatment you have to swoop in. If there is a significant delay the pain and the monster starts telling them they cannot do it and they fall back down in the well.
When they next are ready to hit treatment could be in 3 days or 3 years.
I actually interviewed a local elected official and asked them why we are spending money on safe injection sights. The answer was of course no answer.
I think my local politicians would rather be “on the cutting edge” and say “we are the 1st in the nation” to domsomething rather than actually save people.
I actually interviewed a local elected official and asked them why we are spending money on safe injection sights. The answer was of course no answer.
I think my local politicians would rather be “on the cutting edge” and say “we are the 1st in the nation” to domsomething rather than actually save people.
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Resume enhancers are what make the cut. I always ask whose resume is getting enhanced.
You are correct about detox, rehab and the window of opportunity. I threw in detox since we don’t take anybody in until proper medically supervised detox has cleared then.