[Canada] Mayor endorses controversial addiction program / Westender.com, 1 February 2007
http://www.westender.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=49&cat=23&id=823673&more
Sean Condon
"Substituting certain drugs for others can help recovery, advocates say
Sharon Message was finally able to break her debilitating, years-long crack cocaine habit in the 1990s. Unfortunately, she did so by substituting it with crystal meth. ... However, the switch in substances did improve Message’s life. She was suddenly able to concentrate enough that, for the first time in years, she could sit down and read a book."