Kazakhstan Expands Methadone-Therapy Program for Heroin Addicts

    By Tatyana Borisova     Kazakhstan has taken the first step toward making a methadone treatment program for heroin addicts available nationwide, the Focus business newspaper reports.     The National Narcotics Treatment Center started a pilot methadone-substitution program two years ago in Pavlodar and Temirtau. It involved 50 patients who had been using heroin...