You know - having dealt with, yet another, heroin addict last night I'm going more and more towards the idea of forced treatment. Keeping them 'ticking over' on Methadone (while they continue to buy heroin because *they like it*) seems like a false economy. Maybe I'm being uncharitable, but I'd rather see these people 'cured' (if you consider what they have as being an illness), than strung along on Methadone, which, if memory is right is more dangerous than heroin. If that requires 'tough love' then so be it. I'm fed up going to addicts and calling them 'Sir' when they are the sort of person who mug ninety-three year old women. (Of course, this might be the sleep deprivation talking).