Legal Framework for Opioid Substitution Treatment in Spain

"In Spain, the legal framework of the methadone maintenance programmes (MMPs) is regulated by way of the Royal Decree of January 19, 1990 and Royal Decree 5/1996. The legislative framework regulates the methadone-dispensing facilities in the different Autonomous Communities and Autonomous Cities and specifies that, in each one thereof, there shall be a Commission for the accreditation of the centres and services which take care of carrying out these programmes.
"As mentioned in other reports, a growing number of opiate-dependent (especially heroin-dependent) individuals in our country have been progressively joining substitution programmes from 1990."