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I can imagine that there is a difference in
- having to go out in the streets and make money to purchase the hard drugs, which may not be of good quality, and be in touch with part of a possibly larger criminal world, and use it in possibly stressful locations
- getting good quality methadone and use it in less stressful locations
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabor_Mat%C3%A9#Books From what I've read from Gabor Maté this shows promising results in Canada.
Well, my community is more underserved than the rest of American communities normal underservice, so the clinics supplement your first bullet point. Which is sad and goes hand-in-glove with what the other commenter said about a holistic approach and what I said about not-soul crushing, livable wages.