Among homosexuals, AIDS is transmitted through unprotected sex. Methadone Maintenance is one approach to the rehabilitation of addicts. Methadone is a synthetic narcotic used in treatment programs for heroin addicts. Because methadone is also addictive, it offers only a relief from the symptoms of withdrawal. Narcotic Antagonists have a need to overcome a psychological craving for drugs as soon as they return to their normal environment.
Narcotic antagonists are substances that negate the effects produced by the opiates.
Therapeutic Communities are a means of attacking the high relapse rate of addicts who are detoxified and returned to the larger society, enabling individuals to reenter social life gradually and at their own pace which eliminating the shock of moving from a protective institutional environment to the much greater freedom of the outside world. Control Strategies are social policies that attempt to help individuals or groups control their own behavior - coupled with efforts to build local institutions that provide helping services. Law Enforcement attempts to tighten the enforcement of existing laws or to enact new laws designed to deal with the problem more effectively. Legalization of hard drugs remains a highly controversial issue while many people advocate for the legalization of marijuana. The criminal law in any society prohibits certain acts and prescribes the punishments to be meted out to violators.