BBC Panorama - interview subjects wanted!!!!

[mcdermott]

Hi everyone,

BBC Panorama are about to do a programme on the argument that's currently tearing up the drugs field regarding this government's proposals re. drug treatment/methadone/recovery.

As you'd expect, they've got no shortage of people in resi rehab or in long-tern recovery who are prepared to talk about how evil methadone is, and how the green handcuffs kept them enslaved against their will for years and years, until they were introduced to the power of God, the scales fell from their eyes, and they got a post in the Tier 4 sector.

So, I'm looking for people who are smart, intelligent, articulate who can talk about the positive benefits that methadone brought to them and their lives (or subutex, but methadone is more stigmatized so I'm guessing that'd be best).

Ideally, someone currently engaged in economically productive activity would be best -- but it's not essential. Can you PM me or post in this thread if you're interested?

And if there's anyone out there who's active in NUN, perhaps you could post this to their website/mailing list/whatever?

kthxbye

[Ursula]

Might be worth sticking it on their facebook page, Peter.  I'll email it to one of their board too.
 
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[Ursula]

I've just realised that I should have put up the usual caveat about working with the media - you need to be absolutely sure that you want to do this sort of thing and understand the consequences that appearing on television can have on your life.   While we wouldn't be publicising this if we weren't reasonably convinced that it was going to provide as balanced a picture as possible (and Panorama's reputation supports that assumption), we can't promise that you won't feel misrepresented if you do take part.

[Mark Gilman]

Over on the SMMGP forum there are people working in primary care settings with "High Finctioning" MMT patients. Its at the bottom of my thread on 'Building Bridges'

[garstang]

Hi Mcd,
I just PM'ed you but noticed that your post was on 4th. Has this gone ahead?
P.

[will-c]

I am always up for extoling the virtues of linctus. I am trying to come off but thats a different story.

[steve]

Might also be worth bringing up wha I wrote about being treated as an Individual when on their evidence its the total opposite .

[[new]skunkworks]

I've started 3 successful businesses, bought up 3 well adjusted daughters have no criminal record. I would also be dead without Methadone.

Don't get me wrong, I'm no poster-boy for the whole MMT shebang but I can cobble together a cogent argument for all that is good about opiate replacement therapy.

Hell I might even throw in a little constipated negativity for free.

SW:)

[Mattylad]

I'm a 20+ year methadone type person(oh yeah!) who holds down a job, working hard 12 hr shifts and am a single dad. I'm reletively intelligent and clued up and would love a pixilated head. Seriously though I'd be willing to show how the "Juice" kept me adding to society and to this crazy world...

[Freespiryt]

I started my opiate trail with methadone twenty odd years ago, after resigning my job as a drug's outreach worker. Seen it from both sides. I'm currently on 26 mils. It has helped alot recently. No way would i want to be smoking whats on the streets at the moment, it definately has minimised harm for me personally. Woud be happy to share my thoughts on this.