Health Wellness

Using Drugs to Stem Drug Abuse

NY Times readers differ about the efficacy of medication-assisted recovery. To the Editor: Re “Debating the Use of Drugs to Curb the Abuse of Drugs” (front page, Dec. 30): It’s time to dispense with the artificial “abstinence versus medication” dichotomy. Taking appropriately prescribed medicines helps the individual to achieve and maintain abstinence from the substance