?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Heroin+addiction%3A+the+past+and+future&rft.creator=Robson+%2C+Noorzurani+&rft.creator=H+%2C+Hussain+&rft.creator=AR%2C+Rusdi++&rft.creator=AZ%2C+Muhammad+Muhsin+&rft.subject=Social+Psychology&rft.description=Substance+misuse%2C+in+particular+heroin+addiction+contributes+to+health+and+social+problems.+Although+effective+medical+treatment+was+available%2C+earlier+efforts+confined+the+treatment+of+heroin+addicts+to+in-house+rehabilitation+which+required+them+to+be+estranged+from+the+community+and+their+families+for+2+years.+The+in-house+rehabilitative+programme%2C+implemented+for+at+least+three+decades+has+produced+low+abstinence+rates.+On+the+other+hand%2C+being+%E2%80%98away%E2%80%99+meant+that+many+heroin+addicts+faced+employment+problems+and+family+relationship+difficulties+upon+completing+the+in-house+rehabilitation.+However%2C+recently%2C+the+concerted+efforts+by+various+government+and+non-government+organisations%2C+and+the+acknowledgement+that+heroin+addiction+is+a+medical+illness+has+resulted+in+a+revamp+to+approaching+treatment+of+heroin+addiction.+At+present%2C+methadone+substitution+programmes+have+been+offered+as+part+of+treatment+programme+for+heroin+addicts+in+Malaysia.+This+new+programme+has+been+shown+to+be+effective+in+treating+heroin+addiction+and+would+need+support+and+cooperation+from+all+groups+involved.&rft.date=2008&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8252%2F1%2F89626071648770880c048e.pdf&rft.identifier=++Robson+%2C+Noorzurani++and+H+%2C+Hussain++and+AR%2C+Rusdi++and+AZ%2C+Muhammad+Muhsin+++(2008)+Heroin+addiction%3A+the+past+and+future.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8252%2F