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Measuring prevalence and incidence of drug use

Reducing the prevalence of drug use through prevention is a key feature of many policies at local, national and international levels. The first target of the European Union drugs strategy (2000–04) is...

Drug users and the law in the EU

Drug laws in the European Union (EU) seek continuously to strike a balance between punishment and treatment. The three United Nations (UN) conventions on drugs, limit drug use exclusively to medical or...

Key role of substitution in drug treatment

Substitution treatment for problem drug users is now widespread in the European Union (EU). Trials, mostly with methadone, started in the late-1960s, mainly in northern Europe. By the mid-1990s, substitution had been...