I have a drug problem. I used it for the first 10 years that I taught school just to make it through the day. I finally managed to get off it, only to take it up again last year.
As Marty Bernstein noted in The Tribune’s Jan. 13 opinion section, “There is no known cure for addiction.”
It can be administered under medical supervision in a clinic. The first such clinic was opened in Vancouver in 2003.
“This is just one treatment for a chronic, manageable illness — just like diabetes or high blood pressure,” said Scott MacDonald, Crosstown Clinic’s lead doctor.