Methadone in the southwest: A three-year follow-up of Chicano heroin addicts.

A three-year follow-up of all 61 clients of a multi-modality drug program of indigenous Chicano origin reports significant health improvement—with alcoholism suspected of being the major health complication—and modest evidence of social rehabilitation. Characteristics of the addict population are recorded, including environmental factors associated with addiction, and the relative abundance of family resources.