(b) Naloxone and naltrexone

Acetone

trans Dichloroethene

Uracil

Pyruvic Acid

Diketene

(a) Methadone

1,1,1 trichloro 2,2 bis (4 chlorophenyl) ethane

Thiophene

Clonidine can only be viewed as a transitional treatment that can be used in situations where methadone is unavailable, unacceptable or inappropriate. quot

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39. The internationally controlled solvents used in the illicit manufacture of heroin and cocaine are acetone, ethyl ether, methyl ethyl ketone and toluene.

14. Methaqualone global seizures, 1983 1994 13

Substances used in the illicit manufacture of methaqualone

Naltrexone can only be administered to people without any opioids in their system therefore it cannot be prescribed for those first seeking treatment.

32. Almost all programmes prescribed methadone.

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15. Depressants other than methaqualone global seizures, 1983 1994 14

Methadone was the predominant drug for maintenance.

However, the trafficking in methaqualone precursors would be less prevalent if the main source of methaqualone in the illicit traffic were diversion from licit channels.

In the study cited in the previous paragraph it was also noted that there was enormous variation between methadone maintenance programmes, the prescription of methadone being the only common factor.

However, programmes in which prescribing was embedded in broader treatment, care and rehabilitation programmes were found to be more effective than programmes in which that was not the practice.

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Methadone was by far the most commonly prescribed drug for maintenance purposes.

33. Seizures of methaqualone were reported by only a relatively small number of countries.

Other alternative treatments have been tried, such as the use of drugs that have the power to reverse opiate effects, the antagonists, such as naloxone and naltrexone.

It follows therefore that methadone needs to be administered less frequently than heroin.

Acetic anhydride is used in the illicit manufacture of heroin and methaqualone.

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While the remainder of the world accounted for only 2 per cent of the methaqualone seized worldwide, methaqualone trafficking by region may provide a better picture of the situation.

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VII. Methaqualone global seizures and seizures in India, 1986 1995 12

The solvents used in the illicit manufacture of heroin and cocaine are acetone, ethyl ether, methyl ethyl ketone and toluene the latter two were placed under international control only in 1992.

The Phillippines reported having seized 7 tonnes of methaqualone in 1994, 13 per cent of the global total.

The main drugs of abuse in central Asia are cannabis, opium, heroin and ephedrone.

Some Governments have reported using methadone maintenance in their treatment programmes.

(a) Update on illicit trafficking in ephedrine and methaqualone trends and countermeasures

Trafficking in methaqualone and other depressants appears to be more common in Africa and Asia.

However, methaqualone is known to be widely used in several countries in the region.

The majority of the addicts who entered morphine treatment requested to be moved to methadone treatment.

A few experiments with naloxone have not yielded conclusive results, but naltrexone appears to be a useful adjunct to treatment for specific groups of people, such as recovering physicians and others in professional occupations as well as people with higher socio economic status.

While there appears to have been, at the global level, an exponential increase in the weight of methaqualone reported seized in the 1990s and a surge in the amount of methaqualone and other depressants reported seized in 1994, this is concentrated among a small number of countries.

Physical damage, especially where the patient is self injecting, is therefore reduced with methadone.

In 1994, India reported having seized 45 tonnes of methaqualone, 85 per cent of the total amount reported seized worldwide.