detoxification treatment
Defined in 1 dictionary — U.S. Code
United States Code
21 U.S.C. § 802 — as used in this subchapter
The term “detoxification treatment” means the dispensing, for a period not in excess of one hundred and eighty days, of a narcotic drug in decreasing doses to an individual in order to alleviate adverse physiological or psychological effects incident to withdrawal from the continuous or sustained use of a narcotic drug and as a method of bringing the individual to a narcotic drug-free state within such period.