Opioid Crisis: Examining Methadone Maintenance Treatment in Ireland
1.Introduction The misuse of opioids is endemic across the modern world and responses to the issue vary from country to country. In 2015, there were 1.3 million opioid users in Europe and 191,000 of those users were undergoing treatment (1). That year in Ireland, 9,917 substance abusers were commenced on drug addiction treatment, 4,000 … Read more