Methadone program helps curb heroin use, but medication can be a lifelong need for recovered addicts

Published May 31, 2010

Methadone program helps curb heroin use, but medication can be a lifelong need for recovered addicts
SANTA CRUZ — Nurses dole out methadone doses in paper cups at the Community Clinic. After a morning of handing out the is pink, cherry-flavored drug to a patients, a fruity aroma hangs in the air near the nurse’s station.