Finance Minister Blaine Higgs is wondering about the management of the methadone program with 1400 clients and a huge wait list.
Julie Dingwell is with Aids Saint John disagrees with him.
She says there would be an end to the wait list in sight but, more treatment spaces are needed for those who are waiting. She adds opiate addiction doesn't go away without treatment.
Dingwell says we have to pay either way...so we can pay for healthcare or judicial costs or pay for methadone which is much cheaper.
