McElrath Karen, Joseph Herman
a Department of Criminal Justice , Fayetteville State University , Fayetteville , North Carolina , USA.
b National Development and Research Institutes , New York City, New York , USA.
Subst Use Misuse. 2018 Jan 28;53(2):177-180. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2017.1404106. Epub 2017 Dec 8.
Several countries are experiencing public health crises as a result of opioid addiction. Fatal overdoses have reached record highs in many regions and Hepatitis C virus is the norm among people who inject drugs in several countries. Thus, providing for the global availability of medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid addiction is more important than ever. In this article, we introduce readers to the collection of papers that appear in this special issue on MAT for opioid addiction. We describe the articles and commentaries thematically to include topics that address 1) the contemporary history of methadone maintenance, 2) the provision of and access and barriers to MAT, 3) compliance and outcomes of MAT, 4) health issues among MAT patients, 5) race, ethnicity, and social class backgrounds of MAT patients, 6) criminalization and stigma, and 7) challenges associated with the expansion of MAT.
由于阿片类药物成瘾，一些国家正面临公共卫生危机。在许多地区，致命过量用药已达到创纪录的高水平，并且丙型肝炎病毒在一些国家注射毒品的人群中很常见。因此，确保全球范围内可获得用于治疗阿片类药物成瘾的药物辅助治疗（MAT）比以往任何时候都更加重要。在本文中，我们向读者介绍本期关于阿片类药物成瘾的药物辅助治疗的特刊中所收录的论文。我们按主题对这些文章和评论进行了描述，包括涉及以下方面的主题：1）美沙酮维持治疗的当代历史，2）药物辅助治疗的提供、获取及障碍，3）药物辅助治疗的依从性和效果，4）药物辅助治疗患者的健康问题，5）药物辅助治疗患者的种族、族裔和社会阶层背景，6）刑事定罪和污名化，以及7）与药物辅助治疗扩展相关的挑战。
