Fri 10 Oct 2007Wrong medicineMembers of the Irish Pharmaceutical Union (IPU) should be
ashamed of the tactics being used on their behalf in a dispute with
the Health Service Executive (HSE). The withdrawal of methadone
dispensing arrangements for an estimated 3,000 recovering heroin
addicts in the Dublin and Wicklow areas represents an assault on
one of the most vulnerable and marginalised groups in society.What makes it worse is that these citizens, who are attempting
to put their lives back together, are not directly affected by the
contested reforms.