Drug law enforcement: Its effect on treatment experience and injection practices

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Author	Don Weatherburn, Bronwyn Lind, Lubica Forsythe, Stella Patete, Sandra Sunjic and Deborah Zador
Published	January 1999
Report Type	General Report Series
Subject	Drugs and Drug Courts
Keywords	Drug law enforcement, heroin, methadone treatment

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The aim of this research is to assess whether street-level drug law enforcement encourages heroin users into methadone treatment and to assess the extent to which it promotes unsafe injection practices.