Methadone maintenance treatment in Spain: the success of a harm reduction approach

PROBLEM: During the 1980s, Spain had very strict laws limiting access to opioid agonist maintenance treatment (OAMT). Because of this, mortality among people who used illicit opioids and other illicit drugs was high. Spain was also the European country with the highest number of cases of acquired im...

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Main Authors: Marta Torrens, Francina Fonseca, Claudio Castillo, Antonia Domingo-Salvany
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2013-02-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862013000200013&lng=en&tlng=en