Methadone Uses

Question by David Luiz – Football Genius: Why do the NHS hand out free methadone and needles to junkies?
when they say they can’t afford life saving drugs for cancer patients?

Best answer:

Answer by me
methadone is a medicine taken to get off of heroin and if they are using clean new needles they wont get diseases like aids and other things caught by sharing needles

Answer by KB929
To try and prevent them from using harder drugs such as heroine and using dirty needles which can cause them to get AIDS which costs a whole lot more to treat. It’s called prevention.