NARCOTICS
A promising new treatment that permits heroin addicts to kick the habit was reported last week by two New York City physicians. It involves switching from heroin, which can cost the addict $25 or more a dayand is almost certain to involve him in crime to methadone, a relatively harmless drug that costs 10¢ for a daily dose. Methadone's only significant side effect is constipation.
Spiked Orange Juice. In the A.M.A. Journal, Dr. Vincent P. Dole of the Rockefeller Institute and Dr. Marie Nyswander of Manhattan General Hospital report that after considering other drugs as heroin substitutes, they hit upon methadone, a...
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