generated by the relocation of a methadone clinic into a rapidly gentrifying neighbourhood in downtown Toronto‚ Canada‚ this article offers a unique analysis of oppositional strategies regarding the perceived (socio-spatial) ‘disorder of drugs’. Based on interviews with local residents and business owners this article suggests the existence of three interrelated oppositional strategies‚ shifting from a recourse to urban planning policy‚ to a critique of methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) practice
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Introduction Drug abuse is a problem that many societies face which crosses gender‚ ethnic and racial lines. The problem of substance abuse has been identified by the National Drug Master Plan as a fuel for crime‚ poverty‚ reduced productivity‚ unemployment‚ dysfunctional family life‚ political instability and the escalation of chronic diseases such as AIDS‚ TB and premature death (Drug Advisory Board‚ 1999). Intravenous injection‚ a method of drug consumption through the use of a syringe to inject
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relapse of heroin addicts was a prominent issue‚ one that is the greatest obstacle to overcome. In order to mitigate both physical and psychological damage‚ harm reduction‚ counselling‚ and the availability of various maintenance treatments such as methadone and naltrexone are vital. Without a harmonized strategy against heroin addiction society will continue to face the growing problems that come with the disease. Arguably the most important step of dealing with the
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Drugs screen using Thin Layer Chromatography of basic illicit drugs Abstract The majority of evidence submitted to crime labs comes from drug-related crimes. Often‚ this evidence includes unidentified powders that may be illegal drugs. In order to prosecute individuals for possession of illegal substances‚ it is necessary for forensic scientists to positively identify any suspected drugs submitted to the laboratory. In addition‚ forensic toxicologists must determine the identity
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should be active in Canada due to the fact that it has previously been used on other countries and have been successful. The War on drugs is pointless and it wastes billions of tax dollars with no positive result. Lastly Needle exchange centre‚ methadone maintenance programs and other policies are much more effective. Previous countries have been successful using harm reduction and they have worked and helped out the drug abusers. World Health Organization study shows drug abuse rates are unrelated
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lasting up to 180 days; as well as a maintenance program” (Aegis Medical Systems‚ INC.‚ 2012). Each of these treatments consists of an induction period and a tapering period with the replacement drug methadone. The client is slowly given methadone‚ which is called the induction period. The dosage of methadone increases until the symptoms of addiction and withdrawal no longer hinder the client’s efforts towards fighting their addiction. This writer was told that this drug-replacement therapy does not stop
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Effective Treatment for Drug Addiction Introduction “Every year‚ hundreds of thousands of Americans undergo treatment for substance use disorder‚ also called addiction” (Hart & Ksir‚ 2013‚ p. 409). Drug addiction is a complex brain disease because the abuse of drugs leads to changes in the structure and function of the brain. It is a condition characterized by an overwhelming and uncontrollable desire or craving to continue taking a drug to which one has become habituated through repeated consumption
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Substance Abuse - Principles focus on harms pragmatism humanistic values priority of immediate goals Jim Zelaya-Wagner - harm reduction triangle Criticisms International Harm Reduction Association - two main criticisms keeps addicts stuck ex. methadone maintenance treatment promotes drug use many factors shape decisions to use fundamental feature of HR is harm Alternate treatment models twelve-step of AA honest relationship with themselves and others‚ and also a connection to a power greater
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refer John to his G.P to join the methadone programme – I would expect the GP to refer John to the Primary Community Addiction Team‚ to help John with changing from Heroin to Methadone – giving him daily support where he lives. There remit would be testing John for Heroin in his blood‚ taking his blood pressure‚ checking his general health. All this being safe they would administer his prescribed Methadone to him. Once John has moved completely onto the Methadone Programme‚ I would expect the
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Database To find this article‚ I did a general search in the Walden Library for the terms Methadone‚ counseling‚ and qualitative. For the word Methadone‚ I indicated that term as a “subject term”; for the term counseling‚ I indicated that term an “all text” term. I simply added qualitative as a searchable term. I limited results to full text‚ peer reviewed scholarly journals published between March‚ 2012 and March‚ 2017. The resulting article was found in Education Source Database. Purpose of the
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