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A Treatment Model to Heroin Addicts in Italy

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Drug Addiction and AIDS

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Abstract

The heroin is the main hard drug of abuse among the illicit ones in Italy. The number of overdose episodes increase steadely year by year, indicating the danger of the phenomenon. The policy of several Authorities privileges drug-free treatment approaches and residential communities role while methadone programs still find a sort of ideological opposition.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Instituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, I-00161, Roma, Italy

    U. Avico & A. Dell’ Utri

  2. Institute of Psychiatry, University of Pisa, Via Roma 67, I-53100, Pisa, Italy

    P. Castrogiovanni, I. Maremmani & O. Zolesi

  3. Institute of Pharmacology and Biochemical Pathology, University of Cagliari, Via Porcell 4, I-09124, Cagliari, Italy

    D. Meloni, P. E. Manconi & A. Tagliamonte

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital of Vienna, Austria

    Norbert Loimer , Rainer Schmid  & Alfred Springer M. D. (Director),  &  (Director)

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Avico, U. et al. (1991). A Treatment Model to Heroin Addicts in Italy. In: Loimer, N., Schmid, R., Springer, A. (eds) Drug Addiction and AIDS. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-9173-6_47

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-9173-6_47

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