Methadone Maintenance Program

Paper Summary:

This paper examines the relationship of illicit drug use to four selected demographic factors of patients participating in the Methadone Maintenance Program at Recovery Solutions in Santa Ana, California. This paper also analyzes the intensity of counseling received each month of patients participating in Cash Maintenance and Medicare Maintenance and the results of urine drug screens. For the purposes of this research project, it is assumed that the analysis of these variables provides new information about the extent to which counseling intensity affects illicit drug use by patients according to age, gender and race.

Introduction to the Problem
Background of the Study
Statement of the Problem
Purpose of the Study
Background of Study

Rationale
Research Questions
Hypothesis #1
Hypothesis #2
Significance of the Study
Definition of Terms
Assumptions and Limitations
Nature of the Study, or Theoretical/Conceptual Framework
Organization of the Remainder of the Study
Literature Review
Background and Overview
Age as an Indicator
Gender as an Indicator
Race as an Indicator
Socioeconomic Status as an Indicator
Counseling Intensity as an Indicator
Methodology
Introduction
Setting for the Study
Permission for the Study
Subjects
Data Source
Interventions
Description of Variables
Hypothesis #1
Hypothesis #2
Instrumentation
Procedure
Rationale for Study

From the Paper:

"Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) programs were originally designed to reduce use of heroin among people addicted to this drug. Methadone is an opiate agonist that works by warding off withdrawal symptoms and suppressing drug craving among opiate addicts by stabilizing blood levels of the drug and its metabolites (Mcneely & Nadelmann, 1996). "At proper doses, methadone lets addicts function normally, without making them 'high,' and can be safely consumed for decades with remarkably few bad side effects" (Mcneely & Nadelmann, p. 83). In MMT programs, the drug is typically consumed orally, once a day. Most such programs also provide counseling, some medical care, and other ancillary services in addition to the methadone (Mcneely & Nadelmann, 1996). Generally speaking, the goal of MMTs is to help addicts stop using illicit drugs and resolve the myriad of problems that are contributing to their continued use."

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