新华网甘肃频道消息 甘肃省美沙酮门诊已达到23个，截至8月23日，全省累计治疗吸毒成瘾者7404人，平均每天有3700多人到各门诊接受治疗，有效地降低了吸毒人员因共用注射器而传播艾滋病的几率，也减少了毒资交易和由此引发的各种犯罪活动。

    美沙酮是一种人工合成的麻醉药品，由于其毒副作用较小，成瘾性也小于吗啡，能有效缓解戒断症状，是目前国际上推荐治疗海洛因依赖者最有效药物之一。2005年6月，国家确定我省为第三批美沙酮替代维持治疗工作试点省份。

    今后甘肃省将进一步加大该项工作力度，利用两年时间，帮助在册吸毒成瘾者500人以上的县全部开展社区药物维持治疗工作，同时，力争今年年内全省美沙酮门诊累计治疗人数突破1万人。(记者 宜秀萍)

Gansu methadone treatment to reach 23 accumulated more than 7,400 drug addicts
 
(2009-08-31 07:55:24) Source: Gansuribao
 
     Gansu, Gansu Province, Xinhua news channel has reached 23 methadone clinics, as of August 23, the province's total treatment of drug addicts, 7404, an average of more than 3,700 a day to various out-patient treatment, effectively reducing the drug addicts spread of AIDS because of sharing syringes chances, but also reduced the drug-funded transactions and triggered a variety of criminal activities.

     Methadone is a synthetic narcotic drugs, because of its toxic side-effects less addictive than morphine and is also able to effectively ease the withdrawal symptoms, is the internationally recommended treatment of heroin addicts, one of the most effective drugs. In June 2005, the state identified in our province as a third alternative to methadone maintenance treatment pilot provinces.

     Gansu Province in the future will further intensify the efforts to the use of two years, helping to register more than 500 drug addicts, all of the counties to carry out community-based drug maintenance treatment, while the province this year and strive to out-patient methadone treatment cumulative number of breakthroughs in a million people. (Xinhua Yi Xiu-ping)