MAINTENANCE APPROACH TO THE MANAGEMENT OF OPIOID DEPENDENCE (FROM DRUG ABUSE - PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, 1972 BY CHRIS J D ZARAFONETIS SEE NCJ-19395)

• NCJ Number: 19398
• Author(s): J H JAFFE
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 9 pages
• Corporate Author: Lea and Febiger
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A COMPARISON OF THE ENGLISH AND THE AMERICAN APPROACHES TO THE TREATMENT OF HEROIN ADDICTION.

Abstract

THE METHODS AND GOALS OF THE HEROIN MAINTENANCE PROGRAM AS USED IN ENGLAND AND THE METHADONE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM AS USED IN THIS COUNTRY ARE CONTRASTED. THE CRITERIA FOR ACCEPTANCE IS A PATIENT AND SOME OF THE SOCIAL ISSUES GENERATED BY THE MAINTENANCE APPROACHES ARE EXAMINED.