Treating Heroin Addiction.
| Autor: | Ognibene, Peter J. |
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| Zdroj: | New Republic; 12/23/72, Vol. 167 Issue 24/25, p20-23, 4p |
| Abstrakt: | Focuses on the evils of heroin addiction and discusses ways of treating heroin addicts in the United States. Estimated quantity of opium illicitly harvested around the world; Reasons for the high cost of heroin in the U.S.; Role of the Special Action Office for Drug Abuse Prevention (SAODAP) in the prevention of drug abuse; Modalities of SAODAP in providing funds for a number of different methods of treatment; Argument that one of the great problems facing SAODAP is educating the public about heroin and other drugs; View that medical treatment can get people off heroin, but keeping them off is less of a medical than a social problem; Opinion that heroin addiction is a life style problem that cannot be solved by chemical means. |
| Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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