Cross-country Comparison of Treatment Policies Facing the Drug Abuse in Five Selected Countries

  • سال انتشار: 1398
  • محل انتشار: مجله اعتیاد و سلامت، دوره: 11، شماره: 2
  • کد COI اختصاصی: JR_AHJK-11-2_003
  • زبان مقاله: انگلیسی
  • تعداد مشاهده: 18
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نویسندگان

Mohammad Hossein Mehrolhasani

Neuroscience Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

Vahid Yazdi-Feyzabadi

Health Services Management Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

Ahmad Hajebi

Research Center for Addiction and Risky Behavior, Psychiatric Department, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Saeid Mirzaei

Neuroscience Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

چکیده

Background: Drug abuse is one of the main problems of human's life; thus communities have been thinkingabout the solution of this problem. The present study aimed to compare the general features of drug abusetreatment policies, war on drugs (WOD), and harm reduction (HR), in the selected countries.Methods: The present study was a comparative and desk research that sought to compare context,stewardship, financing, type of substance abuse treatment services, reasons of paradigm shift, and executivechallenges of treatment policies in the selected countries (China, Malaysia, Germany, Netherland, and Iran).The necessary data for comparison of the countries were collected through valid databases, review ofdocuments, and reports of international organizations.Findings: Context conditions were better in the HR countries. In most countries, the central governmentplayed a key role in the stewardship, financing, and service providing. In WOD countries, the presence ofjudicial structure was higher in the treatment of drug abuse. The policy-making approach was ideological inWOD countries, but evidence-based in HR countries.Conclusion: It seems that performance of HR countries is better than WOD countries.

کلیدواژه ها

Drug misuse, Harm reduction, Drug and Narcotic Control, Drug dependence, Needle-exchange programs

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