Guangdong will release low toxicity drug addicts with methadone -- the news. Learned from the Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Guangdong Province, with occasional drug users do not know whether payment for methadone, They are waiting for higher authorities said.

Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of STD and AIDS prevention say that methadone is a synthetic narcotic drugs. Oral use of low-toxicity drug addicts can replace part of the demand for drugs. HIV among injecting drug users is not encouraging, the use of oral methadone. This replacement therapy has been used in the international arena for a very long time and effectiveness. Oral drug addicts with methadone, the drug no longer sharing syringes, but these people do not have to raise money for drugs and prostitution, stealing, They greatly reduce the risk of spreading AIDS.

However, methadone is also drug addicts to help our laws are clear violations, So long, in carrying out methadone replacement therapy, all very cautious. It was not until April 7 this year, the National AIDS Control Work Conference, The leadership made clear that "China will unswervingly promote effective intervention" policy and the first to resolutely combat trafficking, drug addiction and prostitution and other criminal acts, active injection drug users in methadone maintenance treatment of the experimental work carried out. The person in charge said that the province is not whether the methadone replacement therapy experiments region, is still unknown. They are waiting for higher authorities said.

This article was posted on 2007-02-27