Is heroin-assisted treatment safer than methadone?

Is heroin-assisted treatment safer than methadone?

Michael Jourdan (Drug Researcher) gives expert video advice on: What is a 'heroin injection site'?; What controversial heroin treatments are being tried in Europe?; How do police departments in the United States and Canada react to injection sites? and more...

I think the most important point to make is that not being in treatment is very very dangerous. That your risk of dying if you are just out there trying to take care of yourself and using a lot of drugs is very very high, compared to if you are in any kind of treatment program, whether that be methadone or heroine. Once you get into a treatment program, you will receive some legal drugs, you will receive some sort of medical attention and you will stabilized. You will use less and you will not take the same kind of chances. Your life will not be in chaos. So in the respect of safety, they are both much more safe than not being in treatment. The differences between them are minor to not being in treatment at all.