Keenan, Eamon (2002) Methadone maintenance treatment in an Irish context. In: Debating Public Policies on Drugs and Alcohol, 26 September 2002, Addiction Research Centre, Trinity College Dublin.
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The author discusses the use of methadone maintenance treatment as a method for treating opiate dependence in Ireland, and the rise of the opiate epidemic in Ireland in the 1980s. The introduction of a methadone protocol regularised the prescription and dispensing of methadone, and it is estimated that almost 6,500 individuals in Ireland, the majority of whom live in Dublin, are on methadone maintenance.
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| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
| Date: | 2002 |
| Call No: | HK2.10.2.2, VH4.2 |
| Page Range: | [3 p.] |
| Event Title: | Debating Public Policies on Drugs and Alcohol |
| Event Location: | Addiction Research Centre, Trinity College Dublin |
| Event Dates: | 26 September 2002 |
| Notes: | This paper is a response to Jeff Ward's paper 'Justifying drug substitution therapies: the case of methadone maintenance treatment.' |
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| Accession Number: | HRB 772 (Available) |
| Subjects: | P Demography, epidemiology, and history > AOD history VA Geographic area > Europe > Ireland HJ Treatment method > AOD disorder treatment method > AOD replacement method (substitution) > Methadone maintenance |
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