Article: Vancouver to try drug replacement program

Updated Mon. Feb. 26 2007 11:45 PM ET
Canadian Press

VANCOUVER--Mayor Sam Sullivan has introduced a new approach to fighting drug addiction and cleaning up the city's crime problem with a project that could surpass what's been tried in other cities around the world.

The project is a research trial that aims to help addicts by substituting orally administered prescription medication for their illegal street drugs.

Former drug addicts say the Chronic Addiction Substitution Treatment research project, or CAST, may be the answer for people spiralling down a deadly path.

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