The cost of providing methadone in the city needs to re-evaluated so that more people can receive treatment -- so says the Julie Dingwell with AIDS Saint John. She tells CHSJ News the medicine itself is very cheap -- less than a dollar a day per person -- so something isn't adding up.
She says new approaches also need to be considered like a bare bones program -- where the patient receives a sustained low dose of methadone in order to manage their withdrawals.
Over 300 people are currently on the waiting list for methadone treatment.
