Restoring the Double Disconnect: Towards a Conceptual Reinstatement of Opiate Addiction as a High Risk Behaviour

Albert Stuart Reece

doi:10.5812/ijhrba.6936

Restoring the Double Disconnect: Towards a Conceptual Reinstatement of Opiate Addiction as a High Risk Behaviour

authors:

Albert Stuart Reece ^{1
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1 School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia

International Journal of High Risk Behaviors and Addiction: Vol.1, issue 2; 47-49

published online: July 25, 2012

article type: Editorial

received: June 24, 2012

revised: June 25, 2012

accepted: June 27, 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5812/ijhrba.6936

how to cite: Reece A S. Restoring the Double Disconnect: Towards a Conceptual Reinstatement of Opiate Addiction as a High Risk Behaviour. Int J High Risk Behav Addict. 2012;1(2): 47-49. https://doi.org/10.5812/ijhrba.6936.

Keywords

Ageing Opiate Dependence Heroin Methadone Pathophysiology Opiate Toxicology

Acknowledgements

Footnotes

Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education:The fact that the long term health effects of opiates have been seriously underestimated is a potent stimulus to the quest for new forms of analgesia which are less damaging, contraindicates indefinite opiate agonist maintenance programs such as methadone, argues against heroin trials, and suggests that understanding why addicts get so many disorders of advanced aging would greatly improve our treatment not only of opiate dependency but also of degenerative disorders of the elderly such as atherosclerosis, neuropsychiatric disease, cancer and ageing. It also powerfully underpins law enforcement and harm prevention efforts.
Please cite this paper as:Reece AS. Restoring the Double Disconnect: Towards a Conceptual Reinstatement of Opiate Addiction as a High Risk Behaviour. Int J High Risk Behav Addict. 2012; 1(2): 47-9. DOI: 10.5812/ijhrba.6936
Financial Disclosure:Nil funding provided.

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