Goldman F R, Thistel C I
Int J Addict. 1978 Aug;13(6):855-62. doi: 10.3109/10826087809039309.
Newly admitted patients from two comprehensive drug abuse programs in the Baltimore area were queried concerning frequency of illicit methadone use and availability of illicit methadone for a 3-month period prior to their admission. The results showed that a significant percentage of applicants had used illicit methadone prior to seeking treatment, and that for the most part they were using "program methadone" presumably diverted from take-home medication from patients active in treatment programs in the Maryland area. The clinical and rehabilitative aspects of take-home medication are carefully assessed in relation to these somewhat disturbing findings.
对来自巴尔的摩地区两个综合药物滥用项目的新入院患者，询问了他们在入院前3个月内非法使用美沙酮的频率以及非法美沙酮的可得性。结果显示，相当比例的申请者在寻求治疗之前就已使用非法美沙酮，并且在很大程度上，他们使用的是“项目美沙酮”，据推测是从马里兰州地区正在接受治疗项目的患者带回家的药物中转移而来的。针对这些多少有些令人不安的发现，对带回家药物的临床和康复方面进行了仔细评估。
