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Recovering drug addicts to get drugs supplementing methadone

Some 400, recovering addicts have been chosen to pilot the roll out programme. [Courtesy]

The government is set to introduce two new drugs to help supplement Methadone which is used by recovering addicts.

The two drugs, buprenorphine and naltrexone, will be rolled out in June.

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