The relationship between take-away methadone policies and methadone diversion.

Abstract:

:The development of policies in relation to unsupervised doses of methadone (take-away doses) should be based upon the best available evidence. There are both risks and benefits associated with take-away doses. This study aimed to explore the relationship between take-away policies and one measure of harm: methadone injection rates. Six different states in Australia were compared in relation to their methadone take-away policy and rates of methadone injection within their population of injecting drug users. At a simplistic level, those states with restrictive and less flexible take-away policies tended to have the lowest reported prevalence of methadone injection. However, this does not fully explain variability in methadone injecting. There were also considerable differences between those states with similar take-away policies. Variables which appear to impact upon methadone injecting rates include: take-away policies, drug preference, drug availability, treatment availability and degree of treatment penetration. Consideration of the benefits, rather than merely the harms, of various take-away policy options may provide an evidence-based platform for take-away policy development.

journal_name

Drug Alcohol Rev

journal_title

Drug and alcohol review

authors

Ritter A,Di Natale R

doi

10.1080/09595230500263939

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2005-07-01 00:00:00

pages

347-52

issue

4

eissn

0959-5236

issn

1465-3362

pii

P6P417027Q678178

journal_volume

24

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