Vision des prestataires de services de traitement à la méthadone sur les politiques et pratiques des tribunaux spécialisés en matière de drogue: cas pratique à New York

Les tribunaux spécialisés en matière de drogue pourraient exclure certaines formes de traitements, notamment le traitement de substitution à la méthadone, comme alternative possible à l’emprisonnement.

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Specialized drug treatment courts are a central part of drug-related policy and programs in the United States and increasingly outside the U.S. While in theory they offer treatment as a humane and pragmatic alternative to arrest and incarceration for certain categories of drug offenses, they may exclude some forms of treatment–notably methadone maintenance treatment (MMT). We sought to understand from the perspective of treatment providers whether this exclusion existed and was of public health importance in New York State as a case example of a state heavily committed to drug courts and with varying court-level policies on MMT. Drug courts have been extensively evaluated but not with respect to exclusion of MMT and not from the perspective of treatment providers.

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