title: [Ethical questions about methadone].
abstract: The author approaches ethical questions raised by use of methadone in opiates addiction: reduction of drug phenomenon to a strict medical problem, illusion of technical mastery, responsibility of pharmaceutical engineering, medicine under repressive constraint, reduction of damages linked to prohibition. The communication ends on a question about management of drug problems which today encourages a healthy vision of consumption behaviour rather than a "good way of use".
authors.affiliation: Clinique Adjoint au Service Médico-Psychologique, Hôpital Universitaire Saint-Pierre, Bruxelles.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zombek
mesh_terms: D002616:Chemical Engineering; D004995:Ethics, Professional; D006801:Humans; D008691:Methadone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009293:Opioid-Related Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D008691:Methadone
vernacular_title: L'enjeu ethique de la méthadone.