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Abstinence in treated and untreated opiate abusers: a study of a prison sample

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Paul O'Mahony
Paul O'Mahony*
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Department of Justice
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Abstract

Twenty-four out of a systematic sample of 95 Mountjoy prisoners were found to have been daily users of opiates. Half of the opiate using prisoners had been abstinent before entering prison for an average of 17.5 months. However, 11 of the total 24 subjects and seven of the 12 abstinent prisoners had not been exposed to any treatment other than detoxification.

Keywords

Narcotic dependenceheroin dependencePrognosisprisons.
Type
Original Papers
Information
Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , September 1990 , pp. 121 - 123
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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