Chemical Dependency
Chemical Dependency | Methadone Is the Most Effective Treatment for Heroin Addiction
Methadone treatment is the best way for heroin addicts to conquer their drug dependency, Stephen Chapman claims in the following viewpoint. He argues that methadone has no serious side effects and does not pose a long-term health risk. Chapman asserts that the obstacles to methadone treatment, such as requiring addicts to go to a clinic every day to receive the medicine, should be lifted because heroin abuse will decrease if methadone is more readily available. Chapman is a syndicated columnist.
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1. As stated by Chapman, how...
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- Introduction
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Chapter 1: Is Chemical Dependency a Serious Problem?
- Chapter 1 Preface
- Teen Drug Abuse Is a Serious Problem
- Teen Drug Abuse Has Been Exaggerated
- Smoking Causes Significant Health Problems
- Smoking-Related Health Problems Have Been Exaggerated
- Prescription Drug Abuse Is a Growing Problem
- The Media Have Exaggerated the Prescription Drug Abuse Crisis
- Chapter 1 Periodical Bibliography
- Chapter 2: What Causes Chemical Dependency?
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Chapter 3: What Drug Treatment and Prevention Programs Are Effective?
- Chapter 3 Preface
- Needle-Exchange Programs Can Reduce the Transmission of AIDS
- Needle-Exchange Programs Do Not Reduce the Transmission of AIDS
- Drug Tests of Pregnant Women Are Necessary
- Drug Tests of Pregnant Women Are Discriminatory
- Alcoholics Anonymous Can Reduce the Problems Caused by Drinking
- Harm-Reduction Approaches Can Reduce the Problems Caused by Drinking
- Methadone Is the Most Effective Treatment for Heroin Addiction
- Chapter 3 Periodical Bibliography
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Chapter 4: Should Drug Laws Be Reformed?
- Chapter 4 Preface
- The War on Drugs Can Succeed
- The War on Drugs Has Failed
- Drug Use Should Be Decriminalized
- Drug Use Should Not Be Decriminalized
- Mandatory Minimum Sentences Are Essential to the War on Drugs
- Mandatory Minimum Sentences Are Ineffective and Unfair
- Drug Courts Are a Promising Solution to the Drug Problem
- Drug Courts Have Not Reduced the Drug Problem
- Chapter 4 Periodical Bibliography
- For Further Discussion
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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