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HCV Info Fact 24 August 2003 The risk factors for Hepatitis C Virus infection are: Intravenous drug use- Current or remote intravenous drug use accounts for 50% of new cases of HVC; 50% to 60% infected with HCV within 3 months of initiation of injection behavior Intranasal cocaine- Risk factor suggested by epidemiologic evidence Tattooing…

Richard Lane was a long-term heroin user who, upon release from prison in 1967 helped to start Man Alive, one of the Nation’s first methadone treatment programs. In 1974, he became Executive Director of the program and later served as Vice President of the American Methadone Treatment Association. He served on several committees and was…

The Lindesmith Center’s SPECIAL DRUG POLICY SEMINAR SERIES Summer and Fall 1996 DRUG TREATMENT RECONSIDERED: HARM REDUCTION PERSPECTIVES The Lindesmith Center is presenting a special seminar series on the relationship between drug treatment and harm reduction. Harm reduction services focus on reducing the negative consequences of drug use among those unwilling or unable to abstain….

by Thomas D’Aunno, PhD; Harold A. Pollack, PhD Journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 288, No. 7 August 21, 2002 Context Results from several studies conducted in the early 1990s showed that the majority of US methadone maintenance programs did not use treatment practices that met established standards for the care of heroin users….

Policy Statement Number 1 April 1994 The National Alliance of Methadone Advocates supports the concept of Medical Maintenance and the prescribing of methadone outside of the methadone clinic setting. Medical Maintenance was initially implemented for patients who had achieved a high level of functionally in society and were hindered by the regulations that were conceived…

Policy Statement 1 Methadone Medical Maintenance April 1994 Download File  (pdf format) Policy Statement 2 The Policy of Blind Dosing and Patient Dignity April 18, 1994 Download File (pdf format) Policy Statement 3 Discharge From Treatment for Drug Use May 1994 Download File (pdf format) Policy Statement 4 Patient vs Client May 1994 Download File (pdf format) Policy…