Opiniones de proveedores de tratamiento con metadona sobre las políticas y prácticas de los tribunales de drogas: el caso del estado de Nueva York

Los tribunales especializados en drogas pueden excluir algunas formas de tratamiento, especialmente el mantenimiento con metadona, como alternativa al encarcelamiento.

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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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