title: Methadone maintenance 4 decades later: thousands of lives saved but still controversial.
authors.affiliation: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Division on Substance Abuse, The New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside, PI Unit 66, New York, NY 10032, USA. hdk3@columbia.edu
authors.forename: Herbert D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Kleber
mesh_terms: D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000266:history* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008691:Methadone / Q000266:history* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009294:Narcotics / Q000266:history* / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D009294:Narcotics; D008691:Methadone