Drugs: Prescribed Drug Addiction Debate

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Lord Patel of Bradford

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Drugs: Prescribed Drug Addiction

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Thursday 12th July 2012

(12 years, 5 months ago)

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My Lords, while there certainly is a focus on recovery for illegal drug users, does the Minister agree that the journey from being a drug user to becoming “recovered”—that is, to abstinence—is very complicated? It may require that person to have treatments, including methadone, Subutex and other drugs. It is not simply a matter of someone becoming abstinent, especially in the current economic climate. Does he agree that that is still the direction of travel?

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Most certainly yes, and that conforms to all the expert advice that we in the department and local commissioners have received.

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