Methadone Maintenance Programs for Probationers in New York City
Methadone Maintenance Programs for Probationers in New York City
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纽约市缓刑犯美沙酮维持计划
DOI：
10.1177/0306624x7401800116
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发表时间：
1974
影响因子：
1.5
通讯作者：
Thomas J. Callanan
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文献类型：
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作者：
H. Joseph;Thomas J. Callanan
once a day in small increasing doses over a period of about one month. At approximately 50 mgs. per day, the patient’s physical narcotic hunger is relieved, and at 100 mgs. per day, the effects of heroin are blocked or substantially reduced if tried by the patient. The stabilization dose of 100 mgs. per day can be orally administered over an indefinite period of time. The patients entered treatment as a matter of choice and were free to withdraw from methadone without endangering their probation status. However, if the probationer should relapse, he had to accept some form of drug treatment or his case would be returned to court for further adjudication. Employment was a major problem. Approximately 70 per cent of the patients were from a poor Black and Hispanic background aged between 18 and 25, over 90 per cent were high school drop-
