Eight-in-10 methadone patients use cannabis

MORE than eight-in-10 drug users who are on methadone to wean them off heroin continue to use cannabis, and some also use cocaine regularly, according to new research.

Wed, 19 Apr, 2006 - 01:00

Catherine Shanahan

A study of multi-drug use among methadone-treated patients of the Health

Service Executive (HSE), North Dublin, found:

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Courts Health Place: north Dublin Person: Tony Geoghegan Person: Geoghegan Person: Zeibun Ramatoola Event: RCSI Research Day 2006 Organisation: Health Service Executive Organisation: Merchant's Quay Project Organisation: Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland Organisation: RCSI

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