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Rehab clinics are offering methadone to addicts who stay off drugs.
Addicts ‘offered extra medication’ to stay off drugs

Cocaine and heroine addicts are being offered medication as a reward for keeping off drugs. A survey by the National Treatment Agency (NTA) reveals in nearly 200 rehabilitation clinics, good behaviour is rewarded with extra methadone or antidepressants, while the BBC has uncovered those providing clean urine samples are also being rewarded. The BBC found… Read more »

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Brown will be praying for good fortune in Lisbon.
Brown in Lisbon to ‘thrash out a deal’

Prime minister Gordon Brown will be in Lisbon today to “thrash out a deal” on the controversial EU reform treaty. It is hoped the meeting will see EU leaders agree on the final text for the amending treaty, which was originally agreed upon at a summit in Brussels in June 2007. A spokesperson for the… Read more »