Relapse to opioid use in opioid-dependent individuals released from compulsory drug detention centres compared with those from voluntary methadone treatment centres in Malaysia: a two-arm, prospective observational study

• Main Authors: Martin P Wegman, BSc (Author), Prof. Frederick L Altice, MD (Author), Sangeeth Kaur, MBBS (Author), Vanesa Rajandaran, MPP (Author), Sutayut Osornprasop, PhD (Author), David Wilson, PhD (Author), Prof. David P Wilson, PhD (Author), Adeeba Kamarulzaman, FRACP (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Detention of people who use drugs into compulsory drug detention centres (CDDCs) is common throughout East and Southeast Asia. Evidence-based pharmacological therapies for treating substance use disorders, such as opioid agonist treatments with methadone, are generally unavailable in the...