Benefits and Treatment for Drug Addicts Cost £3.6 Billion a Year – Telegraph.co.uk

Methadone Recovery: Benefits and treatment for drug addicts cost £3.6 billion a year – Telegraph.co.uk


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Benefits and treatment for drug addicts cost £3.6 billion a year
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Kathy Gyngell, chairwoman of the prisons and addictions policy forum at the CPS and the report's author, said prescribing methadone to drug addicts delays their recovery from addiction and has been "extremely expensive". The annual cost of maintaining
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Methadone Recovery: Taxpayers’ fotting £3.6bn bill to look after drug junkies – WalesOnline

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She said prescribing methadone to addicts delayed their recovery and was “extremely expensive”. The estimated £3.6bn annual cost of treatment and benefits relates to 320000 problem drug users in the UK. This includes £1.7bn in benefits, £1.2bn for the

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