Is opioid substitution treatment beneficial if injecting behaviour continues?
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Is opioid substitution treatment beneficial if injecting behaviour continues?
BACKGROUND Opioid substitution treatment (OST) is recognised as an effective treatment for opioid dependence. Still, a subgroup of OST users continues to inject drugs. This study examines health risks and criminal activity in a population of needle exchange programme (NEP) participants by comparing those identified as current OST users to (i) those identified as former OST users and (ii) those ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Drug and Alcohol Dependence
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0376-8716
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.05.022