### Question
How is the term detoxification treatment defined?


### Answer
The term **detoxification treatment** is defined in *21 CFR § 1300.01* as the following:

> the dispensing, for a period of time as specified below, of a narcotic drug or narcotic drugs in decreasing doses to an individual 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 of time. 

#### Citation:
  - *21 CFR § 1300.01*
  - Heading: **Title 21-Food and Drugs > PART 1300—DEFINITIONS**

