Rigid opiate agonist treatment programmes risk denying people their agency

Commentary
by
Chang, Judy

Release Date

2023

Geography

UK

Language of Resource

English

Full Text Available

Yes

Open Access / OK to Reproduce

No

Peer Reviewed

No

Findings/Key points

Greater flexibility is needed to create more person centred care in drug treatment services, but the prohibitionist ideas that underpin clinical practice need to be tackled too.

Keywords

Policy/Regulatory
Substitution/OAT
About prescribers
Carries/take-home doses