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Pharmacological treatment of heroin addiction with opiate agonists, if carried out according to a correct methodology, produces the most consistent results nowadays. Though United States government authorities and the Italian Health Ministry (Circular 87, 1984) advise it, in the public services it is very difficult to carry out this kind of intervention, because some regional governments, by means of special laws, prevent the realization of long term and “so-called” high dosage treatments.
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Maremmani, I., Zolesi, O., Castrogiovanni, P. (1991). Psycho-Social and Psychopathological Features as Predictors of Response to Long Term and High Dosages Methadone Treatment. In: Loimer, N., Schmid, R., Springer, A. (eds) Drug Addiction and AIDS. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-9173-6_27
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