Controlling the abuse of illicit methadone in Washington, DC

MH Greene, BS Brown, RL DuPont - Archives of General …, 1975 - jamanetwork.com
Methadone hydrochloride has been found to be medically safe when administered in the
setting of a well-organized heroin addiction treatment program. The abuse of illicit
methadone, outside the therapeutic setting, has aroused considerable controversy,
particularly with regard to the public health hazards of primary methadone addiction,
overdose, abuse, and childhood poisoning. We attempted to document the nature and
extent of these negative aspects of the diversion of methadone into the illicit drug market …