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Methadone Maintenance Treatment: Client Handbook
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ConnexOntario
1-800-565-8603
ConnexOntario’s drug and alcohol registry of treatment provides information about treatment for drug and alcohol problems.
Call their 24-hour toll-free number to find the number of the assessment referral centre in your community.
Methadone Registry
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario
416-967-2600 ext. 661
methadoneinfo@cpso.on.ca
The Methadone Registry keeps a list of all doctors authorized to prescribe methadone in Ontario. Call to find a doctor offering
treatment in your area.
Access to the Internet is now available through many public libraries. Even if you don’t have a computer at home or work,
you can still get information from the Web. Here is a list of methadone-related sites:
Addiction Treatment Forum
www.atforum.com
With a focus on methadone, this site reports on new developments in the understanding of substance use and treatment. The
site is designed both for medical professionals and for clients.
Drug Policy Alliance
www.drugpolicy.org
This U.S. drug and drug policy research institute offers news stories, an online library, discussion forums, listservs and
links to other resources. Type “methadone” into their search engine.
Drug Text: The Internet’s Center for Substance Use Related Risk Reduction
www.drugtext.org
This Dutch drug policy and human rights organization provides “globally accessible drug-related information.” A search of
the site’s “libraries” will lead you to dozens of online references on methadone, including a methadone client handbook from
the U.K.
The International Center for Advancement of Addiction Treatment
www.opiateaddictionrx.info
This site provides thoroughly researched information, news and views about methadone and other addiction issues.
Methadone Anonymous
www.methadone-anonymous.org
The Methadone Anonymous (MA) site supports the work of MA groups wherever they are founded. The site provides specific information
for those who want to start their own MA group. MA is a 12-step recovery group that accepts methadone as a “therapeutic tool
of recovery that may or may not be discontinued in time, depending upon the needs of the individual.”
The Methadone Site
www.geocities.com/themethadonesite/
The stated aim of this U.S. site is to “educate the world’s population about methadone maintenance and detoxification.” The
site includes lots of links and active message boards.
Methadone Today
www.methadonetoday.org
The official newsletter of the Detroit Organizational Needs in Treatment, a methadone advocacy group. The newsletter offers
links to other websites, articles by methadone clients on a range of methadone issues, plus a doctor’s column answering questions
about treatment. The website also offers information on starting a Methadone Anonymous group.
The National Alliance of Methadone Advocates
www.methadone.org
A U.S. organization of clients and supporters of MMT. Their primary objective is to get rid of stigma and empower the methadone
client.

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Methadone Maintenance Treatment: Client Handbook
Methadone myths and realities
- Methadone and other options
- Learning about methadone
- Going on methadone
- Living with methadone
- Methadone and other drugs
- Counselling and other services
- Women, family and methadone
- Looking ahead on methadone
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