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Addiction Maintenance

Catriona Matheson

In: Encyclopedia of Drug Policy

Edited by: Mark A. R. Kleiman & James E. Hawdon

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412976961.n1

Subject: Public Policy, Drug Crimes

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Matheson, C. (2011). Addiction maintenance. In M. A. Kleiman & J. E. Hawdon (Eds.), Encyclopedia of drug policy (Vol. 1, pp. 74-4). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. doi: 10.4135/9781412976961.n1

Matheson, Catriona. "Addiction Maintenance." In Encyclopedia of Drug Policy, edited by Mark A. Kleiman and James E. Hawdon, 74-4. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2011. doi: 10.4135/9781412976961.n1.

Matheson, C 2011, 'Addiction maintenance', in Kleiman, MA & Hawdon, JE (eds), Encyclopedia of drug policy, SAGE Publications, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, pp. 74-4, viewed 21 September 2019, doi: 10.4135/9781412976961.n1.

Matheson, Catriona. "Addiction Maintenance." Encyclopedia of Drug Policy. Eds. Mark A. Kleiman and James E. Hawdon. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2011. 74-4. SAGE Knowledge. Web. 21 Sep. 2019, doi: 10.4135/9781412976961.n1.

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[Page 1]Addiction maintenance is the broad concept of prescribing a substitute drug that will maintain an addict so that they do not experience withdrawal effects, but will not achieve a “high.” This approach is often used to stabilize individuals who have a chaotic lifestyle with a high level of risk-taking behavior, and who may be funding their habit through crime. Addiction maintenance treatment is a pragmatic approach that could be considered as coming under the broad concept of “harm reduction,” which gained strength when human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) emerged in the 1980s. Maintenance prescribing in opiate addiction has a strong evidence base, with methadone being the most widely used drug. By contrast, a maintenance approach is rarely used in psychostimulant addiction (e.g., amphetamine substitute prescribing), ...

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