Media and the methadone drug substitution therapy (MDST): a content analysis of news on methadone In Berita Harian And Harian Metro in 2008 / Siti Hajar Abd Aziz...[et al.]

• Main Authors: Abd Aziz, Siti Hajar, Mohd Mothar, Noor Mayudia, Abdul Ghalim, Shahril Anuar
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Medical care
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/33513/1/33513.pdf; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/33513/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara

Malaysia media has been covering the issues of Methadone Drug Substitution Therapy (MDST) since the year 2005, when the government decided to give free syringes, condom and methadone as part of a “harm-reduction” programme for the drug addicts. After a number of years, the public’s perception of met...