Drug abuse treatment Deathrates are high among Swedens heroin addicts. There is an effective treatment that often frees the addict from the craving of heroin. But despite the fact that methadone in scientific studies shows good results, politicians hesitate. A lot of experts are critical and demand new rules.

A government study shows that methadone is an effective method to help heroin addicts. But today only 650 of the more than 5000 heroin addicts receive methadone.

- -It is unacceptable Leif Gr-nbladh, head of the methadone program in Uppsala, says.

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