Make drug treatment more intelligent
Drugs treatment should be located within a public health framework that emphasizes both clinical treatment and the wider support services that enable people to overcome dependency: housing, education, employment, child care and family support.
Treatment’ is too narrow a term to denote the wide range of services that are required by people experiencing problems with drugs. The word has a clinical air and suggests that these services are limited to medical provision. In fact, problematic drug users often have a wide variety of problems—with money, unemployment, relationships, housing—all of which need addressing alongside any physical or mental health issues.

Much of the medical and psychotherapeutic help that is provided through the treatment system may be wasted if the other kinds of support are not provided.'
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Drugs Policy in the UK »Drugs Policy in the UK
What drugs policy measures are open to the UK? »What drugs policy measures are open to the UK?
Emphasize health and social dimensions »Emphasize health and social dimensions
Make drug treatment more intelligent
Improved treatment in prisons »Improved treatment in prisons
Make wider range of treatment available »Make wider range of treatment available
Strategic use of criminal justice system »Strategic use of criminal justice system
Better wraparound social service support »Better wraparound social service support
Drugs treatment on NHS priority list »Drugs treatment on NHS priority list
Improve access via primary care »Improve access via primary care
Realistic measures of treatment success »Realistic measures of treatment success
Integrate alcohol and drug services »Integrate alcohol and drug services
Integrate drug and mental health service »Integrate drug and mental health service
Drug use brings wider social problems »Drug use brings wider social problems
Social problems often trigger drug use »Social problems often trigger drug use
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