Well, that's nice. At least the Brits don't have to step over the bodies of all those o'ded junkies. I wonder if the program is limited to those who had an addiction before being arrested or if anyone can sign up to get a whole new addiction?
Methadone is so easy to get here that its ridiculous. I had an aquaitance a little while back who was taking massive doses of the stuff obtained quite legally thru her doctor. The catch was that she had never been a heroin addict - she just lied about it because she wanted to have a legal way of staying high on a pharma pure subtance.
IMO we might as well legalize heroin and forget about the methadone program.