ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO OPIATE ADDICTION CONTROL COST, BENEFITS AND POTENTIAL, FINAL REPORT

• NCJ Number: 8080
• Author(s): W H MCGLOTHLIN; V C TABBUSH
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 99 pages
• Grant Number(s): J-70-33
• Corporate Author: Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COSTS OF SIX HEROIN TREATMENT PROGRAMS USING DATA WHICH INCLUDE THE VALUE TO SOCIETY OF NON-PRODUCTIVE ADDICT TIME.

Abstract

THE SIX PROGRAMS DISCUSSED ARE METHADONE MAINTENANCE, HEROIN MAINTENANCE, THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITIES, DETOXIFICATION, CIVIL COMMITMENT AND CIVIL COMMITMENT COMBINED WITH OTHER MODALITIES. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL, TREATMENT COSTS AND BENIFITS FOR EACH PROGRAM ARE PROVIDED.