What happens to drug misusers? A medium‐term follow‐up of subjects new to treatment

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In a 2.5–5 year follow-up study of 150 drug misusers who were new to treatment at three London Drug Treatment agencies, a 77% follow-up rate was obtained. High rates of self-reported abstinence from opiates and other drugs were found. Some 37% of those followed-up were totally drug free at follow-up. Seventy-one per cent were living in the community and of those 73% were opiate free and 35% were totally drug free. Only 18% had injected in the 4 weeks prior to follow-up. Thirteen per cent were in prison and 12% were resident in a therapeutic community. Being told about the dangers of HIV had persuaded some people to give up using drugs.

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