'10 months ago I started a new drug treatment medication... I now have a normal life'

A new injectable addiction treatment is helping heroin users rebuild their lives, but access remains limited outside major cities

Scott Tallion, who is being prescribed Buvidal at the NDTC.

Scott Hallion is up at 6am, showers and does his meditation. After a quick breakfast, he’s into Dublin city centre where he works in deliveries at an upmarket hotel.

It was only a year ago that his long battle with heroin addiction drove him so deep into darkness that he tried to take his own life.