Confirmation that methadone in prison reduces infection risk

From Australia the first trial to randomly allocate prisoners seeking this treatment to methadone maintenance - important, because previous trials could not eliminate the possibility that outcomes were simply due to promising cases self-selecting for treatment. Making this option available led to substantial reductions in heroin use, injecting and syringe sharing. Print publication 2004 [Drug and Alcohol Findings, UK]

http://findings.org.uk/docs/nug_10_8.pdf