Desperate people can do desperate things

By Aisha Dow
Updated November 26 2012 - 9:49am, first published November 24 2012 - 12:00am

Public methadone programs in Albury and Wodonga are full, forcing patients seeking treatment for their drug addictions to wait or worse still, self-medicate on other illicit substances. AISHA DOW spoke with one of the few Border doctors involved, an addiction medicine specialist and a drug and alcohol nurse about the shortage of placements in programs that offer some real hope to addicts.

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