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Re:Massachusetts Chief’s Tack in Drug War: Steer Addicts to ... by ChinoAntrax on Sunday January 24, 2016 @10:31PM (#10965410)
That's why addicts should only use suboxone to get over the initial, physical withdrawal symptoms and only take it for maybe a week and then taper it down. Suboxone is a far worse thing to detox from because the half life is far longer than opiates -- something like 36-48 hours.

Suboxone is a Godsend if you only use it to get over the initial w/d's

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Re:Massachusetts Chief’s Tack in Drug War: Steer Addicts to ... by CodeWriter23 on Monday January 25, 2016 @12:18AM (#10965719)
I see no problem with using any drugs as a step-down. But what is happening is Pharma is lobbying state governments to employ suboxone as a long term maintenance solution.
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