Methadone & Legal Support

About Methadone & Legal Support

The picture from the left shows an outreach worker and addiction counsellor reaching out to a female young methadone with her daily dose of methadone at her work place.

The picture from the rights shows a paralegal officer releasing a YDUs from the police station

Picture 1: It shows how dedicated the clinical and outreach team is in ensuring accessing to methadone service continues without interruption. The take away dose and the commitment by the outreach and clinical team to ensure direct observed therapy for methadone is observed at the community level. The benefits of methadone especially in social reintegration.

Picture 2: Through collaborative network support established between the paralegal team and the law enforcement officers alternative case resolution is done within the police station and clients referred to MEWA to access psychosocial support. This is a way of sustaining access to community legal and social justice.