The FDA has not yet made this drug clinically available. These facilities require an inpatient stay, usually between 10-28 days. Treatment is usually based upon Narcotics Anonymous, group support, and detoxification away from the drug-using environment. Halfway house residents work during the day in order to pay for their care. Treatment usually takes place during the evening, and is less intensive than full-time inpatient care.
Treatment is less intensive than in a halfway house or inpatient facility.
The residents of an Oxford House try to encourage each other to stay clean and sober. The characterization of addiction as a purely biological and physical disease is controversial. Many doctors and researchers believe that although regular drug abuse may induce compulsive behavior, drug addicts always retain a degree of control over their behavior. They argue that a drug never entirely subsumes an individual's decision-making capability and point to cigarette smokers to reinforce this argument. Many smokers may be addicted to nicotine but are able to quit if they have a strong enough desire.