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> At least a drug addict doesn't have to take just the /right/ amount of the drug every day to stay healthy! spoken like someone with no experience with drug a

• Dylan16807 11y ago
  That's an option, not a necessity. It also tends to involve restricted access. But with food is it impossible to go to rehab and stop eating over a period of a couple weeks. If lifelong drug maintenance programs were the only option to quit abusing, there would be a lot more relapses.
  • leshow 11y ago
    the relapse rate for methadone is around 90%, that's why I object to wording it as 'at least'
• rdancer 11y ago
  For the rest of your life? What crazy drug did you get yourself into?
  • leshow 11y ago
    Methadone is the most popular maintenance drug for opiate abuse and the relapse rate is around 90%. Many people on methadone/buprenorphine maintenance prefer to just stay on the program rather than come off.