| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | Methadon zur Substitution
Kanada. Drug users say methadone formula switch contributed to B.C.'s opioid crisis
VANCOUVER – Drug users trying to quit heroin are gathered for a meeting in Vancouver with one mission in mind: to support each other through the struggles of a reformulated treatment drug they say hasn’t worked and has instead contributed to the opioid epidemic.
Brad Williamson, 34, sits on a couch with other members of the B.C. Association of People on Methadone as they discuss how a “forced” switch to Methadose drove many to relapse on heroin.
He says the new formula was 10 times stronger but didn’t last as long before withdrawal symptoms kicked in and left him “dope sick.” (toronto.citynews.ca, 03.09.2017)