Dorothea Klieber
Dorothea Klieber (born December 5, 1920 - † July 11, 2013 ) was a German volunteer and activist who has made a name for herself in the recognition of methadone substitution as a treatment for heroin addiction .
Career
Klieber was the mother of a heroin addict son who was not cured by several long-term therapies. In the mid-1980s, she met the doctor Johannes Kapuste in Munich , who tried out the treatment of heroin addicts with the substitute drug methadone. This therapeutic approach proved successful with Klieber's son Maximilian. Maximilian committed suicide in June 1988 two years after Kapustes was arrested for “prescribing narcotics for no medical reason”.
In 1987 Dorothea Klieber founded a parental aid organization in Munich that advocated substitution treatment. She translated scientific results from methadone programs in the United States and sent them to doctors, lawyers and drug advisors. She called on the Federal Minister of the Interior, Zimmermann , to address the issue. When various methadone programs were also successful in Germany, drug substitution was recognized as a treatment method.
Honors
- Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon (November 19, 2001), "in recognition of your extraordinary commitment to methadone treatment"
Fonts
- Medical and legal experience reports and information on the treatment of opiate addicts with substitutes , 1991
Web links
- Sabina Griffith: The courage of the desperate: After the death of her son, Dorothea Klieber fought for methadone in addiction therapy at the Association for Drug Policy
- Chances of survival - substitution: Experience reports (PDF; 991 kB) , Federal Association of Parents and Relatives for Accepting Drug Work
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary notice in the Süddeutsche Zeitung
- ↑ Office of the Federal President
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| SURNAME | Klieber, Dorothea |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German volunteer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th December 1920 |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 11th 2013 |