O'Brien S
Department of Health and Ageing
Canberra
Booklet
The treatments in this booklet are for people who are dependent on ‘opioids' - usually this will be heroin, but also includes drugs like morphine, pethidine, codeine, and non-prescribed methadone. You may want help to cut down or quit other drugs as well, such as alcohol, cannabis, pills, amphetamines or cocaine. It is important to talk about other drug use with your medical practitioner or other health worker at the start of any treatment program.
The aim of this booklet is:
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