The Sun article went on to say that federal officials responsible for promoting Suboxone, who long played down its potential for misuse, are changing their tune. Federal officials might request warning labels, better detection methods and better training for doctors.

However, few addicts on maintenance programs ever make it into drug detox and rehab. Many addiction counselors, drug detox specialists and even the public consider maintenance programs to be counter-productive because they don’t end addiction, they validate and support it. Lawmakers and politicians at all levels are saying maintenance programs fuel more addiction and crime, and that public money might be better spent on more drug detox and drug rehab programs.

Expanding the availability of drug detox and drug rehab programs would be good, but improved training for doctors (and maintenance program workers should be included too) should beef up the ability to help convince individual addicts to make the decision to try for a real recovery through drug rehab, beginning with a medical drug detox program that really works.

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