Suboxone is handed out like candy in downtown Toronto and East Hastings Vancouver to any addict who wants it and is willing to show up at a pharmacy daily until they build trust with a doctor to get it on long term prescriptions.
This is part of the solution which is sorely lacking in many US states but it’s not some catch-all solution to drugs. It’s basically a better version of Methadone which has been available widely in the US since the 1980s.
I recently watched Sid and Nancy about Sid Vicious and him and his girlfriend are getting Methadone at a pharmacy in 1980s NYC before he later relapsed and offed himself.
It’s important no doubt but moving beyond the prohibition drug war approach (which is failing in places going hard as it is weak like Canada) to dealing with this requires a serious reckoning and public investment that we aren’t ready to accept yet but will be imposed on us whether we like it or not.
This is part of the solution which is sorely lacking in many US states but it’s not some catch-all solution to drugs. It’s basically a better version of Methadone which has been available widely in the US since the 1980s.
I recently watched Sid and Nancy about Sid Vicious and him and his girlfriend are getting Methadone at a pharmacy in 1980s NYC before he later relapsed and offed himself.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091954/
It’s important no doubt but moving beyond the prohibition drug war approach (which is failing in places going hard as it is weak like Canada) to dealing with this requires a serious reckoning and public investment that we aren’t ready to accept yet but will be imposed on us whether we like it or not.