Heroin maintenance: an assessment of its potential role in the rehabilitation of chronic heroin abusers

O. L. McCabe

Heroin maintenance: an assessment of its potential role in the rehabilitation of chronic heroin abusers

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Abstract

Might the legal, supervised administration of heroin be an effective approach to rehabilitating the chronic abuser of opioid drugs? The potential benefits and liabilities of the approach are extrapolated from experiences provided by the prototypic British System and the more recent methadone maintenance approach. The function that heroin maintenance might serve relative to other addiction treatment 'modalities' is discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	95-106
Number of pages	12
Journal	Drug Forum
Volume	4
Issue number	2
State	Published - Jan 1 1975
Externally published	Yes

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