Relapse to opioid use in opioid-dependent individuals released from compulsory drug detention centres compared with those from voluntary methadone treatment centres in Malaysia: a two-arm, prospective observational study

Relapse to opioid use in opioid-dependent individuals released from compulsory drug detention centres compared with those from voluntary methadone treatment centres in Malaysia: a two-arm, prospective observational study

Background: Detention of people who use drugs into compulsory drug detention centres (CDDCs) is common throughout East and Southeast Asia. Evidence-based pharmacological therapies for treating substance use disorders, such as opioid agonist treatments with methadone, are generally unavailable in the...

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Main Authors: Martin P Wegman, BSc, Prof. Frederick L Altice, MD, Sangeeth Kaur, MBBS, Vanesa Rajandaran, MPP, Sutayut Osornprasop, PhD, David Wilson, PhD, Prof. David P Wilson, PhD, Adeeba Kamarulzaman, FRACP
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-02-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X16303035

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