http://www.jointogether.org/sa/news/summaries/reader/0,1854,578868,00.html
"Researchers have found that opiate addicts on waiting lists for treatment slots can get a head start on recovery if enrolled in an interim methadone-maintenance program"
The study was published in the January 2006 issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry.
Schwartz, R. P., et al. (2006) A Randomized Controlled Trial of Interim Methadone Maintenance. Arch Gen Psychiatry, 63:102-109. [Sub Required]