Key question

Question 1

What is the key question of the biological approach?

Answer 1

“How effective is drug therapy for treating addictions? For example, methadone to treat heroin addiction.”

Question 2

What do you do in paragraph one?

Answer 2

Describe contemporary problem of heroin addiction and explain why methadone is prescribed for heroin users- including research

Question 3

What do you do in paragraph two?

Answer 3

Explain why drug therapy (use of methadone) is useful to heroin users, explain how it works, include research (Li)

Question 4

What do you do in paragraph three?

Answer 4

Give another reason why drug therapy is affective (include other approach if useful)

Question 5

What do you do in paragraph four?

Answer 5

Give a balanced conclusion

Question 6

What does ANNTASM (2009) say that is a contemporary problem of heroin addiction?

Answer 6

£13.9 billion is spent anually on the crime and health costs of the abuse of drugs such as heroin and cocaine

Question 7

What is the contemporary problem of opioids and heroine since the year 2000?

Answer 7

opioid and heroin use has continued to escalate in the US. Around 22.5 million citizens have a substance abuse disorder and million americans use opiates which now represent the leading cause of accidental death in the US

Question 8

Why is methadone used?

Answer 8

It helps the user because it can be reduced more easily than heroin doses, breaking their dependence

Question 9

What do Van den Brink and Haasen (2006) say about the use of methadone?

Answer 9

They reviewed a number of studies and concluded a number that methadone does reduce heroin use