Treatment Settings

Various treatment formats, either in a live-in facility or through regular visits to a clinic, are designed for ongoing support, to help maintain recovery, and to prevent relapse.

White House Eases Cap on Medication for Opioid Addiction

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In the USA, Frontline report on changes in policy to allow doctors to issue more prescriptions for buprenorphine; new rules aimed at improving drug monitoring by federal prescribers treating Native Americans and military veterans

UNODC World Drug Report 2016

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23 June 2016

Around five per cent of the adult population, or nearly 250 million people between the ages of 15 and 64, used at least one drug in 2014, according to the latest World Drug Report released today by the United Nations Office on Drugs and...

International Standards for the Treatment of Drug Use Disorders: Draft for field testing

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1 March 2016

The International Standards for the Treatment of Drug Use Disorders (Standards) were prepared by UNODC and WHO to support Member States in the development and expansion of treatment services that offer effective and ethical treatment. The...

International Standards for the Treatment of Drug Use Disorders: Draft for field testing

Pioneering methadone programme gives hope to thousands in Dar es Salaam

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In a discreet corner of the Mwananyamala District Hospital grounds, in Dar es Salaam, a group of young people queue up outside a small window to get their daily fix of methadone.

Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Linked to Reductions in Opioid Overdose Deaths

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Implementation of prescription drug monitoring programs was associated with a reduction in opioid-related overdose deaths

EMCDDA Publishes Its First Report on Health Responses to New Psychoactive Substances

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Over the last decade, there has been an unprecedented rise in the number of new drugs appearing on the global market

Long-term follow-up of patients treated with buprenorphine/naloxone

Scientific article

In the first long-term follow-up of patients treated with buprenorphine/naloxone (Bp/Nx) for addiction to opioid pain relievers, half reported that they were abstinent from the drugs 18 months after starting the therapy. After 3.5 years...

Registration open for fifth European drugs summer school

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Illicit drugs in Europe: demand, supply and public policies

From Coercion to Cohesion: Treating Drug Dependence through Health Care, Not Punishment

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1 September 2010

The aim of this draft discussion paper, “From coercion to cohesion: Treating drug dependence through health care, not punishment”, is to promote a health-oriented approach to drug dependence. The International Drug Control Conventions give...