Pubdate: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 Source: Knoxville News-Sentinel (TN) Copyright: 2005 The Knoxville News-Sentinel Co. Contact: http://www.knoxnews.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/226 Author: Vera L. Jones Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?136 (Methadone) METHADONE ISN'T MIRACLE CURE Substituting one addiction for another is not a miracle cure. Methadone clinics prey on the weak, the helpless and the addicted and all at the expense of the taxpayers. TennCare cannot cover the elderly and the disabled, yet it pays for this legalized version of dope. Methadone gets into the bones, eats away at the teeth and destroys lives. Once treatments are started, it is impossible to stop, despite what you may have been told. Life becomes an endless nightmare of body aches, sweats and stomach cramps. Miracle - not hardly. Madness - if you ask me, yes, but I'm not a doctor. I'm just a mother who misses her son. Vera L. Jones Knoxville - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin