Answer: In 2004, the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) adopted a joint position paper on substitution maintenance therapy for opioid dependence, calling substitution maintenance therapy one of the most effective treatment options (World Health Organization, 2004)
References
World Health Organization, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. Joint Position Paper on Substitution Maintenance Therapy in the Management of Opioid Dependence and HIV/AIDS Prevention. Geneva: WHO, 2004. Available online at: www.who.int/substance_abuse/publications/treatment/en/index.html. [Accessed March 31, 2006.]
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