Methadone Awareness Test – Answer Seven

FALSE!

 

Extensive research has demonstrated that stabilized methadone maintenance patients are indistinguishable

from control groups in cognitive functioning and motor skills. Stable MMT patients can not be distinguished

from control groups by way of anything short of a toxicological screening.

References:

  1. Gordon, N.B.: The functional status of the methadone maintained person; In: Simmons, L.R.S. & Gold,

    M.B. (eds), Discrimination and the Addict, pp. 101-121; Sage Publications, 1973

  2. Gordon, N.B.;Warner, A., & Henderson, A.: Psychomotor and intellectual performance under methadone

    tolerance; In: Proceedings of the 4th National Conference on Methadone Treatment, New York; National Association for the

    Prevention of Addiction to Narcotics, 1972

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