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When studying the effectiveness of outpatient methadone maintenance treatment, it is relevant to consider whether crime is reduced consequent to this treatment, as crime is a major component of the deviant and self-destructive way of life associated with contemporary heroin addiction in the United States.1,2 Therefore reduction or elimination of crime is an important aspect of successful rehabilitation. Thus the extent to which crime is reduced during treatment in methadone maintenance programs is a measure of the success of the programs. Conversely, if methadone programs do not reduce crime, do not curtail or eliminate intravenous drug use, and otherwise are unable to change and rehabilitate patients, they cannot be considered successful.
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Ball, J.C., Ross, A. (1991). Reduction of Crime Through Methadone Maintenance Treatment. In: The Effectiveness of Methadone Maintenance Treatment. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9089-3_10
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