Methadone maintenance treatment in Spain: the success of a harm reduction approach | Zendy

Marta Torrens | Zendy; Francina Fonseca | Zendy; Claudio Castillo | Zendy; Antònia DomingoSalvany | Zendy

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Methadone maintenance treatment in Spain: the success of a harm reduction approach

Author(s) -

Marta Torrens,

Francina Fonseca,

Claudio Castillo,

Antònia DomingoSalvany

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

bulletin of the world health organization

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.459

H-Index - 168

eISSN - 1564-0604

pISSN - 0042-9686

DOI - 10.2471/blt.12.111054

Subject(s) - harm reduction , methadone , methadone maintenance , medicine , harm , psychiatry , environmental health , intensive care medicine , medical emergency , public health , psychology , nursing , social psychology

During the 1980s, Spain had very strict laws limiting access to opioid agonist maintenance treatment (OAMT). Because of this, mortality among people who used illicit opioids and other illicit drugs was high. Spain was also the European country with the highest number of cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome transmitted through illicit drug injection.

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