title: Prisoner settles case for right to start methadone in prison.
abstract: In July 1999, Dwight Lowe, an inmate at Kent Institution previously using heroin, settled his case against Correctional Service Canada (CSC) in which he challenged as unconstitutional CSC's refusal to permit him to initiate methadone maintenance treatment while in prison.
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008691:Methadone / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D011329:Prisoners / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*
chemical_list: D008691:Methadone