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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.


Item Type
Conference or Workshop Item
Publication Type
Irish-related
Drug Type
Opioid
Intervention Type
Drug therapy, Treatment method
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)

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