NCJ Number
7566
Journal
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology Volume: 16 Issue: 1 Dated: (1972) Pages: 18-24
Date Published
1972
Length
7 pages
Annotation
AUTHOR CONTENDS THAT METHADONE MAINTENANCE AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DRUG ADDICTION AND CRIME HAVE NOT BEEN ADEQUATELY INVESTIGATED.
Abstract
IT IS MAINTAINED THAT CERTAIN CRIMINALS PRETEND TO BE ADDICTS IN ORDER TO GAIN MORE LENIENT TREATMENT. DR. GLASER CLAIMS THAT THE DANGERS OF METHADONE MAINTENANCE MIGHT WARRANT ITS DISCONTINUANCE ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS HAS BEEN GREATLY EXAGGERATED. THE AUTHOR STATES THAT AT THE PRESENT TIME THE ILLEGALLY AVAILABLE HEROIN IS SO THOROUGHLY ADULTERATED AND THE QUANTITY OF NARCOTIC DRUG IN ILLEGAL PREPARATIONS SO SMALL THAT THE USERS OF THERE PREPARATIONS DO NOT RECEIVE ENOUGH OF THE ACTIVE INGREDIENT IN MOST CASES TO BECOME PHYSICALLY DEPENDENT UPON IT. BIBLIOGRAPHY.