One in three people addicted to heroin or crack cocaine in community drug treatment programmes in England stops using by six months, research suggests.
Results from 14,600 people in methadone or specialist counselling programmes suggested the rates were slightly lower for those dependent on both drugs.
There are about 140,000 people in such treatment programmes in England.
The study, in the Lancet, showed higher funding for treatment was effective, the Department of Health said. Read the rest of this entry »
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