Through a fieldwork study of the practice of methadone substitution at a French addiction
clinic, the classic 'theory of action'is criticized and an alternative one proposed. A sketch of …

The paper analyses methadone treatment in Copenhagen–as it is described by methadone
users and staff at different outpatient centres. The starting point is a theoretical model …

In this specially commissioned BJA series experienced clinicians will be giving their
personal and frontline views as to how the practical business of treating people with …

Based on documentary analyses and interviews with twenty key informants in 2012, this
paper analyses the shift in British drugs policy towards “recovery” from the perspectives of …

Drawing on qualitative interviews with drug addicts in Copenhagen, Denmark, this article
offers a phenomenological reading of a methadone maintenance program. The program is …

Located between three powerful phenomena, public health, the law and social stigma,
methadone maintenance treatment attracts loyal advocates, vociferous critics and …

Politically, the idea that certain kinds of drugs and drug use are intrinsically linked to certain
kinds of criminality–known as the drugs-crime nexus-enjoys continuing salience. This shows …

Methadone maintenance treatment is evidenced as a successful harm reduction initiative in
regard to the prevention of blood borne viruses and other injecting related harms. This is …

The article compares the development of substitution treatment in Denmark, Finland,
Norway and Sweden. The focus is on the official guidelines: under what conditions, for …

Aims: The aim of this paper is to illustrate how Switzerland was able to play such a
pioneering role in the field of addiction treatment, in creating a drug policy that includes the …