Methadone: a necessary evil / BBC News [West Midlands], 19 March 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/7301717.stm
"Methadone can be highly addictive and dangerous and has been linked to the deaths of several drug addicts' children. So why does the NHS pay for it to be routinely prescribed to thousands of heroin addicts across the country?"