Methadone in France
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I would like to begin my intervention by giving figures on the epidemiological situation relating to drug use in France. Until the first half of this year, thiknownAIDS cases among drug users was 4387 cases, i.e. 27.4% of all cases in France in 1992. The number of cases, and therefore the percentage, have been on the increase since 1984. It is estimated that 40-50% of all users are seropositive. There are thus between 40 000 and 75 000 drug users who have AIDS.
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