methadone. An initial £4 million investment in Buvidal was rubber stamped after a glowing report in the wake of a pilot scheme in Scottish prisons.
And Scottish drugs minister Angela Constance has now pledged to make the treatment available for as long as people choose to have it.
The buprenorphine-based treatment’s benefits include allowing users to keep a clear head and, critically, reducing cravings to mix it with other drugs.Many believe this could be a major benefit in Scotland, where most of our drug deaths come from the mixing of drugs - usually heroin, methadone and street benzodiazepines.Buvidal also takes away the need for users to wait in dehumanising pharmacy queues, where low level drug dealers do much of their trade,.
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