Current Affairs Substitution treatment for drug addicts to become more widely available
Substitution treatment for hard drug users in the Czech Republic may become more widely available in the future. For instance, methadone, a substitute drug used to break heroin addiction, is so far available only in 13 specialised centres in the Czech Republic. The National Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Use now wants to make the substance accessible to addicts around the country. If it gains approval from the State Institute for Drug Control, methadone could in future be prescribed by GPs and available on prescription from chemists. I asked the director of the drug monitoring centre, Viktor Mravčík, to explain the reasons behind the proposal.
Viktor Mravčík
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