Treatment

Applying interventions designed to reduce and manage the symptoms of substance use disorders.

Addiction as a Brain Disease

Scientific article

Even though scientific advances over the past decades have supported the concept of addiction as a brain disease, skepticism remains. Recent research has aimed to reinforce the link between addiction and brain functions and broaden the...

Short Course: Process Evaluation of Complex Interventions

28 September 2016

Cardiff

United Kingdom

DECIPHer, the Centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement, will offer a one-day course on the theory and practice of process evaluation of complex interventions. The course is led by Dr Graham Moore (Senior Lecturer and programme lead for complex intervention methods in DECIPHer).

White House Eases Cap on Medication for Opioid Addiction

News

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

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

Book

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

News

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

News

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

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

News

Illicit drugs in Europe: demand, supply and public policies

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

Book

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...