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NCJ Number:	164213

Title:	Methadone in Texas: Analysis of Treatment, Arrest, and Overdose Data

Author(s):	J C Maxwell

Corporate Author:	Texas Cmssn on Alcohol and Drug Abuse United States of America

Date Published:	1996

Page Count:	20

Sponsoring Agency:	NCJRS Photocopy Services Rockville, MD 20849-6000 Texas Cmssn on Alcohol and Drug Abuse Austin, TX 78753-5233

Sale Source:	NCJRS Photocopy Services Box 6000 Rockville, MD 20849-6000 United States of America Texas Cmssn on Alcohol and Drug Abuse 9001 N. IH-35, Suite 105 Austin, TX 78753-5233 United States of America

Type:	Issue Overview

Language:	English

Country:	United States of America

Annotation:	This paper analyzes treatment, arrest, and overdose data for persons in Texas methadone programs for 1991 through 1995.

Abstract:	The paper provides information on the characteristics of clients entering publicly and privately funded methadone programs in Texas, the relationship between arrestees testing positive for opiates and methadone for 1991 through 1995, and methadone overdose deaths for 1991 through 1994. The report finds, among other things, that: (1) heroin in Texas is primarily Mexican heroin, although white heroin is becoming more available; (2) heroin addicts and methadone treatment clients are aging; (3) in 1995, heroin addicts entering publicly funded methadone programs were more likely to be female, older, and employed and to have more family support; (4) most clients in Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse programs are persons of color, but overdose death data show that a substantial number of addicts are White; (5) persons who die of drug overdoses where methadone is mentioned are most likely to have used multiple substances; and (6) heroin and methadone use is positively correlated, as shown in the arrest and death data. Tables, exhibits, notes

Main Term(s):	Controlled Substances

Index Term(s):	Drug offender profiles; Drug overdose; Drug related fatalities; Drug treatment programs; Heroin; Methadone detoxification treatment; Methadone maintenance; Opioids; Statistics; Texas

Note:	DCC



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