A doctor who has received more than $7 million in government grants is charging desperate ice addicts $5000 each for a controversial drug treatment - with no clinical evidence it works.
Dr George O'Neil has been described by the federal Health Minister, Tony Abbott, as a man who "could end up revolutionising the way that we treat drug addiction", but his actions have incensed experts who say vulnerable addicts are being given false hope.
Dr O'Neil, a Perth general practitioner, is treating amphetamine addicts by injecting them with implants containing naltrexone - a drug which blocks the craving for opiates, such as heroin and methadone - but says his 60 per cent success rate could be due to "the encouragement, love and support they got from me … or maybe it has a placebo effect".
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