Answer: For 40 years, methadone maintenance treatment has been used successfully to treat heroin addiction in the United States. From the first pilot project in 1964, when Drs. Vincent P. Dole and Marie E. Nyswander established that methadone maintenance treatment was an effective medical intervention for heroin addiction, rigorous scientific research has documented the safety and effectiveness of methadone maintenance to treat heroin addiction.
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