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Article: New Rules for Methadone Clinics
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- January 17, 2001
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LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer
AP Online
01-17-2001
New Rules for Methadone Clinics
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Methadone clinics for the first time must be accredited in a manner similar to other health facilities, say new government rules intended to improve quality of treatment for heroin addiction.
Under the rules, published Wednesday by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, clinics that distribute methadone and other addiction-treating medication must tailor therapy to addicts' differing needs, provide more physician supervision and take other steps proving quality.
``We want to promote state-of-the-art treatment services,'' said Dr. H. Westley Clark, the agency's ...